The Texas State Attorney General's office is receiving reports of scammers sending unsolicited e-mails and phone calls following President Bush’s signing of the Economic Stimulus bill.
Several incidents have been reported regarding unsolicited e-mails and phone calls from purported IRS agents claiming that the taxpayers are eligible for "Bush refunds."
The intent of the scam is to get you to reply with Social Security numbers and bank accounts for direct deposit. They are trying to steal your identity!
To get a rebate, you must file a 2007 tax return and have a valid Social Security number. If you already filed your 2007 return, the IRS says you do not need to do anything extra.
The IRS will send out rebates — by mail or by direct deposit into your bank account — through the late spring and the summer. The rebates come in addition to any regular tax refund.
Delete these emails from your inbox. Protect your identity. Do not provide any personal information over the phone or in an email!
We received the above information from our IT Department, so be assured that the concern and issue is real. Please make sure you protect your information. One of the things we have done is purchased a small shredding machine so that we can ensure that no account numbers make it to the garbage or recycling (we had my credit card number stolen and more than $1000 charged against it before we could get the account closed. We did get a credit for most of it, but it did cost us more than $300 dollars). :o)
1 comment:
i had wondered what the non honest Americans out there were going to do when this check came out and how would they try to steal or scam the government or other people to try to get a quick buck.
lj
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