It seems I have a tax refund coming. Here’s the email the Internal Revenue Service sent to me via one of my lesser used email addresses which I didn’t realize they even knew I had:

From: “Internal Revenue Service”<service@irs.gov>
Subject: Tax Refund
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:37:41 -0400

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $109.30. 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,
Internal Revenue Service
� Copyright 2007, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A..

The “click here” doesn’t go to “irs.gov,” it goes to “thenextlevelsports.com” while the email itself was sent through a primary host of “dime88.dizinc.com” which, I assume, is a subcontractor to the IRS. So, if I click and give them all of my personal information I can be assured that in a few weeks I’ll get a check for $109.30 in the mail.

NOT!