Suspicious e-mail about tax over payments refund?
Here’s the contents of the e-mail I received:
Dear Applicant:
Following an upgrade of our computer systems and review of our records we have investigated your payments and latest tax returns over the past years, our calculations show you have made over payments of 326.75$
Due to the high volume of refunds you must complete the online application, the telephone help line is unable to assist with this application.
In order to process your refund you will need to complete the attached application form.
Your refund may take up to 6 weeks to process please make sure you complete the form correctly.
As we are upgrading our records we require the completed form showing your full current details before 20 March 2010
Please submit the form attached to confirm the refund.
Note: If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers securely .
S. M.Roberts
Senior Manager
Internal Revenue Service
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© Copyright 2010, Internal Revenue Service US All rights reserved.
TAX REFUND ID: A29R119
I found it suspicious becasue
1: The dollar sign is in a wrong place.
2: It attaches an online document, when I click it, it links to an IRS.gov site, on the top of the site, it says: Please enter your Info and the Debit Card where refunds will be made. And the form is called Refund Payment Form.
3: there are other icons I can click on them too, like contact IRS, About IRS, Individuals, Business, and so on, but the page stays the same, still not leaving the refund form page.
4: it asks for SSN, Mother maiden name, credit card #, ATM PIN #, Bank account #, Issuing Bank.
Is it a spam mail, a fraud?
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