An
Email with the Subject "Notification of indebtedness #ID1541" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:56:49 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Internal Revenue Service" <support@irs.gov>.
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[envelope-to:] => cj@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:56:50 -0800
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[date:] => Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:01:44 +0800
[message-id:] => <201201081501.q08F1iWa032006@ns138.newsbook.net>
[to:] => cj@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Notification of indebtedness #ID1541
[from:] => "Internal Revenue Service"
[x-mailer:] => TheBat!(v1.52f)Business
[reply-to:] => "Internal Revenue Service"
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => multipart/mixed;boundary="----------13260349044F09AFD8DA3BE"
[x-spam-subject:] => ***SPAM*** Notification of indebtedness #ID1541
[x-spam-status:] => Yes, score=4.7
[x-spam-score:] => 47
[x-spam-bar:] => ++++
[x-spam-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: Tax Refund, The analysis of the last annual calculations ofyour fiscal activity has indicated that you are entitled to receive a taxrefund of $111.14 Please submit a request of the tax refund and a processingof the request will take 7-14 days. A tax refund can be delayed by differentreasons. For instance submission of invalid records or sending after thedeadline. [...] Content analysis details: (4.7 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------1.6 RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT RBL: RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT[202.66.107.138 listed in bb.barracudacentral.org]0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message1.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts0.6 HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG HTML-only message, but there is no HTML tag1.3 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS
[x-spam-flag:] => YES
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The analysis of the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity has indicated that
you are entitled to receive a tax refund of $111.14
Please submit a request of the tax refund and a processing of the request will take 7-14 days.
A tax refund can be delayed by different reasons.
For instance submission of invalid records or sending after the deadline.
Please find the form of your tax refund attached and fill out it and send a report.
Sincerely,
Internal Revenue Service.
Tax Refund,
The analysis of the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity has indicated that
you are entitled to receive a tax refund of $111.14
Please submit a request of the tax refund and a processing of the request will take 7-14 days.
A tax refund can be delayed by different reasons.
For instance submission of invalid records or sending after the deadline.
Please find the form of your tax refund attached and fill out it and send a report.