Like everyone else, my e-mail is flooded with amazing offers and anouncements on a daily basis. Offers of meds to improve performance of body parts I don’t possess, meds to enlarge those same parts, $15.00 Rolex watches, service cut-off notices from our “phone company”, and of course my long-lost uncle (he’s an unfairly dethroned African prince who needs to borrow some money in order to return my lost millions to me.) Today it seems that the Internal Revenue Service plans to send me a payment covering my itty-bitty part of the government stimulus package:
Dear Taxpayer,
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a Stimulus Payment.
Please submit the Stimulus Payment form in order to process it.
A Stimulus Payment can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To submit your Stimulus Payment form, please download the attached document.
Note: If filing or preparation fees were deducted from your 2007 Refund or you received a refund anticipation loan, you will be receiving a check instead of a direct deposit.
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Yeah, I’ll get right on downloading that attachment and filling in all my vital information. I’m sure my check will arrive shortly.
I have to admit, these “phishers” are creative. I wonder what would happen if all that brainpower was applied to legitimate endeavors?
