July 2, 2008


IRS Spam Is Clever, Dangerous

I just had a pretty scary piece of spam show up in my inbox. It appears to be from the IRS, implicates my employer, and comes immediately on the heels of the US tax season. All in all, very well socially-engineered.

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Long story short, it’s spam, but you need to be careful. There’s more where it came from.

More details here.

posted by Jeff Ventura in information architecture, internet, technology, tips and tricks 

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2 Responses to “IRS Spam Is Clever, Dangerous”

  1. Citizens of the United States on July 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Dear IRS,

    Suck my dick.

    Sincerely,
    Citizens of the United States

  2. Michael Grant Smith on July 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    I just can’t get over the copyright mark–makes it look like a real IRS document…

    I got one yesterday that was written in some of the most hilarious Chinglish I’ve ever seen–”thanks you for your nice attentions to our kindest operation, best”–and it was signed “Sincerely, John Brown” so I knew everything was OK.

    Thank you for posting this, Jeff.

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