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  1. Rye83

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    Not sure how many members here have a business but I had a scam/virus pop up in my email with someone pretending to be the IRS.

    I was curious what the file was so I clicked on the link. Email said it was a pdf but turned out to be a zipped "pif" file. If you see it.....and you run Windows, don't click the file. Plus, I'm pretty sure the IRS don't send emails for criminal investigations.....and if they did I'm pretty sure they would know my name and my company's name.

    I get about 20 of these scams/viruses a day but most are such obvious bullshit they aren't even worth posting about. I could see how someone might click the link on this one since the letters IRS can make a person not think clearly.

    Complaint Case #453851951534 - Fake IRS email virus

    Just a heads up.
     
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    Rye83

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    Snopes actually says it better:

     
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    I had have received a hundreds or scams email :pompus:and per day both of my 2 email accounts received at least 10 different scams technique from Forex, Money transfer, treasure banks, case trial, china company investment, penis enlargement:facepalm:, lubricants:shamefullyembarrased:, viagras :rolleyes:but none for vagina purposes:doctor:...heheheh
     
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    Send me the one for penis enlargement please :biggrin::smuggrin:.......:wideyed:
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    Emails purportedly from the ATO ( Australian Tax Office ) regularly circulate in Oz, stating a " large Tax Refund is to be issued" , send all your personal details for collection - ha ha ha ha ha:biggrin:
     
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    And people don't realize that the tax agency already has all your personal details? I always wonder who falls for that stuff.

    The one I posted above didn't ask me for any information. It had an attached virus that I'm sure some people would have opened (pif looks like pdf if you aren't paying attention).
     
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