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August 13, 2008

What is this EYE ARR ESS?

I just received a great phishing email:

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Internal Revenue Service <refund@i-r-s.org>

The Secure Way to Receive Your Stimulus Payment

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a Stimulus Payment. Please submit the Stimulus Payment Online Form in order to process it.

A Stimulus Payment can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To access the form for your Stimulus Payment, please click here ["here" links to "lynchburgpolice.org"]

Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time. Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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I assume was written by some big slobbering aliens hovering above the Earth in a little UFO...after they had received a few static-y transmissions about something called the "I R S" which may or may not be in the "U S A," but they do know that they should be courteous at the end of any letter.

Clampants | August 13, 2008 04:52 PM