Be aware of the tax refund scam, especially the posters here who have their email addresses publicly displayed as a part of their profile info. These posters will most likely receive a fake IRS' email like this:

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IRS 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 $163.80. 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
[which is linked to a fake IRS website designed to scam your social security number, DOB, Name, address, etc,]

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

? Copyright 2006, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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Don't fall for the above scam. If you do, you will give away your social security number, DOB, Name, address, etc, which is worth $50.00 to the scammers in black market. Don't take the bait, and you will not get hooked by criminals.