E-mail Fraud Alert for Canadians

[Netsrac]

Just thought I would let my fellow Canadians know about e-mail fraud that is being sent to Canadians.

Read below for full details

or here

E-mail Fraud Alert

Some Canadians are receiving e-mails fraudulently identified as coming from the Department of Finance Canada that promise a tax refund if an appended form is filled in and returned.

The e-mail is not from the Department of Finance Canada. There is no such refund. Do NOT fill in the form, as it will compromise your credit card and social insurance information. If you receive this e-mail, simply delete it. We have already notified appropriate law enforcement authorities.



A copy of the fraudulent e-mail is included below, so as to make identification of this scam easier. The “click here” link in the e-mail copy has been disabled.

From: Department of Finance

Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:28 AM

To: undisclosed-recipients

Subject: Notification - Please Read This.

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $112.80. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To access the form for your tax refund, please click here.

Regards,

Department of Finance Canada

[slvr bullet]

Thanks for the heads up. I would never respond without a phone call for verification but appreciate the worning.

[marmaduke]

Thanks for the heads up!

[XKWIZIT]

holy Crikey...
The internet is becoming even worse than I thought.
Thanks for the info Carsten.

(not that I would reply back to the Government, lol)