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Article #86155Re: Scam alert!
From: Chris Pollard
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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In co.general TheCentralScrutinizer.111@pobox.com wrote: : >If you get an envelope from a company called the Internal Revenue : >Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! This group operates a scam around this time : >every year. Their letter claims that you owe them money, which they : >will take and use to pay for the operation of essential functions of the : >United States government. This is untrue! The money the IRS collects is : >used to fund various other corporations which depend on subsidies to : >stay in business. You must have been sent the wrong form - the letter doesn't claim anything - if you fill it out "wrong" then you might give it to those corporations. I know of people who get all their money back and more. Or was that the sweepstakes form - I'm confused now.
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