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July 18, 2008 | 08:16 AM
TBR Newspapers has received a report of an email directed to local residents appearing to be sent from the Internal Revenue Service and suggesting that the recipient is entitled to a "2008 Economic Stimulus Refund." The message, which appears to have been sent from notice @ irs.gov, warns the reader that they must reply before July 20 in order to prevent delays in receiving their payment.
The IRS website, www.IRS.gov, includes a page on scams. It reads, in part:
"The IRS does not initiate taxpayer communications through e-mail. The IRS does not request detailed personal information through e-mail. The IRS does not send e-mail requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts. If you receive an e-mail from someone claiming to be the IRS or directing you to an IRS site, Do not reply. Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer. Do not click on any links.
"If you clicked on links in a suspicious e-mail or phishing Web site and entered confidential information, visit our Identity Theft page: How to report phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS Web sites. If you receive an e-mail or find a Web site you think is pretending to be the IRS: Forward the e-mail or Web site URL to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. You can forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail. The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender. After you forward the e-mail or header information to us, delete the message."
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