Identity thieves using tax rebate check scam already

[ckadiddle]

Just wanted to make you guys aware of this.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/31/pf/taxes/bc.irs.scams.ap/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories

[Raudermaster]

People are scumbags. Anybody will do anything to make a quick buck.

[SHERIFF]

Is it just me or what? I just can't imagine anybody with an IQ of at least 56 falling for this scam.

Anybody who uses a computer nowadays has been warned over and over and over about this type of foolishness. :confused:

[SHERIFF]

Look at this dumb crapola I get in e-mail every other day now.

Subj: NatWest Bank Customer Service: Service Message. (message id: 14912142375392)
Date: 1/27/2008 7:50:08 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: service_teamwr505001403662.ocf @natwest.com

Received from Internet: click here for more information


Dear NatWest Bank customer:

NatWest Bank is committed to safeguarding customer information and combating fraud. We have implemented industry leading security initiatives, and our online banking services are protected by the strongest encryption methods and security protocols available. We continue to develop new solutions to provide our online banking services and their customers with confidence and security.

The added security measures require all NatWest Bank customers to complete on a regular basis Online Customer Form.
Please use the hyperlink below to access Online Customer Form:

http://www.natwest.com/onlinebanking/customerform.aspx?computer_id= 103001754350989599092199840290 1463092511047103808965169

Thank you for banking with us!

NatWest Bank Customer Support

_____________________

0x55, 0x359, 0x3, 0x8210, 0x317, 0x6, 0x256, 0x40 W1E close 260 hex serv SBN define type interface. exe: 0x8, 0x2, 0x2349, 0x09191878, 0x4, 0x092, 0x3168, 0x99820967, 0x83366072, 0x33281440, 0x5, 0x007 engine: 0x6553, 0x9810, 0x92, 0x95865744, 0x35, 0x3 tmp: 0x231, 0x2, 0x6237, 0x72307020, 0x08428373, 0x43, 0x016, 0x2, 0x72 0x120, 0x7, 0x06, 0x641, 0x05, 0x8066, 0x446 0x5141, 0x5716, 0x3937, 0x5403, 0x5021, 0x12, 0x3944 0x41743047, 0x8, 0x94, 0x371, 0x9, 0x20 0x7856, 0x973, 0x0, 0x18228557, 0x0615, 0x177, 0x79577303, 0x9700, 0x95, 0x8

source: 0x04637165, 0x8460, 0x88736164, 0x9653, 0x00123880 0x70926853, 0x74915625, 0x3, 0x263, 0x40708532, 0x237, 0x6036, 0x3, 0x0620, 0x81399900, 0x6392, 0x37, 0x09, 0x9 0x7902, 0x203 include, YRN, stack, 8LW, dec, 56IZ 0x25886061, 0x12, 0x25952910, 0x758, 0x55, 0x786, 0x02, 0x80470235, 0x95813279, 0x2668, 0x5780, 0x7, 0x520, 0x8 P6P: 0x011, 0x43004052, 0x81, 0x3, 0x39521172, 0x05, 0x57877347, 0x502, 0x99058573, 0x18, 0x0648, 0x384 api HRD IZ6 U6Y cvs hex XIF N9U8 KA2. 0x378, 0x4, 0x32, 0x8026, 0x1538, 0x598, 0x91240381, 0x800, 0x8, 0x56265461, 0x0140 root: 0x09, 0x3, 0x223, 0x9, 0x63 create: 0x78445618, 0x61, 0x536

revision: 0x464, 0x3006, 0x1, 0x9, 0x532, 0x9987, 0x597, 0x529, 0x8365, 0x9445, 0x6742, 0x08, 0x88, 0x9133 media: 0x64, 0x592, 0x80, 0x36695701, 0x42710842, 0x130, 0x7688, 0x7, 0x8, 0x96348094, 0x7711, 0x9263, 0x46058388, 0x33, 0x6 cvs: 0x236, 0x29, 0x994 0x04, 0x0, 0x1, 0x02867932 GQK. ZKN: 0x5148, 0x9 0x168, 0x39, 0x840, 0x3, 0x50, 0x04572167, 0x68591927, 0x0, 0x829, 0x7176, 0x0348, 0x86218485, 0x6893, 0x8283 0x430, 0x6526, 0x7, 0x547, 0x04894191, 0x32, 0x0814, 0x59, 0x43981336, 0x0346, 0x216, 0x303, 0x816, 0x60, 0x1 EO8X serv rcs include root hex file file J2D8: 0x8, 0x3849, 0x5802, 0x228, 0x1703, 0x0, 0x8

[Bluerauder]

Is it just me or what? I just can't imagine anybody with an IQ of at least 56 falling for this scam.

Anybody who uses a computer nowadays has been warned over and over and over about this type of foolishness. :confused:
P.T. Barnum knew this phenomenon well .... "There's a sucker born every minute". It was even true well before the internet.

I think a banana :banana: has an IQ of 60. Or maybe it was a cucumber? :cuke: I forget.

Hey Sheriff ... have you passed that information along to NatWest Banking? I am sure that they would be interested in a scam targeting their customers.