tegwini Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Has anyone received an email from the (US) Internal Revenue Service ?Clearly a scam, but scary initially. Claimed I have underpaid US tax !! Have no reason to pay any US tax!But, they keep coming : 4 or 5 per day into my junk mail box only to be deleted unopened.Annoying - I wish there was a safe way to annoy them!Tegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Try forwarding them, comlete with headers, to the real IRS, with a covering note saying you have no US tax liability. They almost certainly publish a complaints email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Thanks AlbertThe US Internal Revenue Service has on its web site quite a bit on scam emails - and has warnings and explanations, and even makes clear that they do not email people.I may forward this scammer's email, but what about the numerous people who may be taken in by this? Scam is becoming a real pain as there is so much of it that I seem to get - straight into my junk file, but I have to clear it and check that valid emails have not been 'junked'.I have also wondered how to send scam to these scammers, but you cannot trace them easily - I tried once and got as far as the far East with one, but not the actual source - unfortunately. A very serious Geeky friend (Oxford Univ. computer studies Masters degree) did manage to send a few thousand emails to one source a while back, and it certainly stitched up their system for a time, but I don't have such skills or knowledge.That's the kind of response they should get!RegardsTegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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