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Article #86156Re: Scam alert!
From: TheCentralScrutinizer.111
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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On 20 Jan 1999 05:34:23 GMT, Chris Pollard <cpollard@teal.csn.net> wrote: >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. > Shoom! right over your head!
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