I just received a new variant of the various credit card scams (often claiming to be from Paypal or various banks) that arrive through e-mail from scoundrels bent on larceny.
This one is ostensibly from "service@irs.gov" and reads as follows:
"Subject: Notification of Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now
"After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $209.30.
"A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
"Fox [sic] example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
"Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.
"To access the form for your tax refund please click the link below."
I didn't click on the link but no doubt it would help me to tell the senders everything they want to know about my credit card.
I suppose one could argue, from a Darwin Awards standpoint, that these guys are good for the genome. Meaning that, if you fall for it ... But I am not so hardhearted, nor would such an argument even be correct evolutionary science.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Unfair but balanced commentary on tax and budget policy, contemporary U.S. politics and culture, and whatever else happens to come up
My books and articles
- Bonfires of the American Dream
- Literature and Inequality
- Fixing U.S. International Taxation
- Getting It
- Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax
- Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March Toward Bankruptcy
- Do Deficits Matter?
- Making Sense of Social Security Reform
- Who Should Pay for Medicare?
- When Rules Change
- Corporate Tax Shelters in a Global Economy
- Federalism in Taxation: The Case for Greater Uniformity
- My articles on SSRN
Facebook Badge
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(136)
-
▼
September
(16)
- New Proposed Legislation - Senator Levin's Ending ...
- My new article on SSRN
- International tax policy
- NYU presentation of my new paper
- Evil scam
- Indirect defense of Obama
- Lyndon Johnson to the rescue
- Comedy special of the day
- Obama tax plan
- NYU carried interests event
- TIAA-CREF is absolutely the worst, bar none
- Finally
- Carried interest panel in D.C. last Friday
- Proof that the surge is working
- A bit of snark
- D.C. appearance later this week
-
▼
September
(16)
About Me
- Daniel Shaviro
- New York, New York, United States
- I am the Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation at New York University Law School. My research mainly emphasizes tax policy, government transfers, budgetary measures, social insurance, and entitlements reform. My most recent books are (1) Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (2009) and (2) Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March Toward Bankruptcy (2006). My other books include Do Deficits Matter? (1997), When Rules Change: An Economic and Political Analysis of Transition Relief and Retroactivity (2000), Making Sense of Social Security Reform (2000), Who Should Pay for Medicare? (2004), Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March Towards Bankruptcy (2006), Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (2009), and Fixing the U.S. International Tax Rules (forthcoming). I am also the author of a novel, Getting It. I am married with two children (boys aged 24 and 21) as well as three cats. For my wife Pat's quilting blog, see Patwig’s Blog.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing this information, Its very helpful. I think we should be more vigilant and expose their evil schemes for public awareness.
Post a Comment