This is important identity theft information. 

 

Over the past few days there have been several public service radio stations announcing that there are a number of e-mail scams surfacing that are really identity theft attempts.  The most prevalent of these has been related to the IRS soliciting personal information via e-mail.  In reality, the IRS knows almost about each of us as we know about ourselves and they are stating that they will never seek personal information via e-mail notices.

 

Just a few moments ago Scott McLaughlin shared this e-mail notice he received on our campus e-mail system from what appears to the IRS.  Clearly this is a scam and should be deleted.  Scott, thank you for sharing.

 

>>> "I.R.S (Internal Revenue Service)" <refundings@irsrefundings.com> 1/28/2009 8:59 AM >>>

You are eligible to receive a tax refund of $620.50. Please follow the link below to proceed: http://www.irs.gov/refund/Collect.asp Regards, Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.)

 

Sincerely,