If I received this email, chances are you have received it or may receive something like it. The email purports to be from the Internal Revenue Servce (IRS) and claims that you are eligible for refund . The email claims that to get the refund you must request it on line. It appears to be a phishing or identity theft scam. Don't get hooked ! Here's the offending email... "After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $103.82. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-4 days in order to process it. A refund can be delayed for a variety of reason. For example (invalid records or applying after the deadline). The good news is that Internal Revenue Service will make this refund directly to your visa and/or mastercard linked to your checking/savings account instead a check or a direct deposit. To access the form for your tax refund, please continue to our secure server form at: https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetrefund.jsp Important: Do not use credit canada fly in fishing and/or american express or discover cards. Only cards that are linked to your checking/savings account are accepted. Regards, Francis V. Internal Revenue Service - Tax Refund Specialist" The fact that it says "only use cards that are linked to your checking/savings account should be the tip off. Further the lack of a surname for Francis V and the improbability that the IRS now has a dedicated section as the new kid on "the H&R block".

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If I received this email, chances are you have received it or may receive hot packs something like it. The email purports to be from the Internal Revenue Servce (IRS) and claims that you are eligible for refund . The email claims that to get the refund you must request it on line. It appears to be a phishing or identity theft scam. Don't get hooked ! Here's the offending email... "After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $103.82. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-4 days in order to process it. A refund can be delayed for a variety of reason. For example (invalid records or applying after the deadline). The good news is that Internal Revenue Service will make this refund directly to your visa and/or mastercard linked to your checking/savings account instead a check or a direct deposit. To access the form for your tax refund, please continue to our secure server form at: https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetrefund.jsp Important: Do not use credit and/or american express or discover cards. Only cards that are linked to your checking/savings account are accepted. Regards, Francis V. Internal Revenue Service - Tax Refund Specialist" The fact that it says "only use cards that are linked to your checking/savings account should be the tip off. Further the lack of a surname for Francis V and the improbability that the IRS now has a dedicated section as the new kid on "the H&R block".

The most productive state to be in is at the edge of chaos where there is maximum variety and creativity, leading to new possibilities. - " What are Complex Adaptive Systems ", Trojan Mice, by Peter Fryer " My thought when I saw that the newest storm was named Beta: now Google's going after the weather ," says journalist and Paidcontent.org executive editor Staci Kramer . I'm struck at how much the software development internet access speed vernacular has weaved its way into popular culture. (Beta version of a software product is like a first draft for a writer; you only show it to a few for critique and feedback. Although many companies today seem to open up their betas to the world and they are nearly final draft, that's not original use of 'beta'. Alpha is an even rougher draft.) (Or maybe simply weaved its way into the blogosphere vernacular.) My sister is a university professor and she can't understand much of my blog. It might as well be written in Russian. " Jargon is like proprietary software in a world moving toward open-source ," say Stephen Baker of Business Week in his recent post " Why Jargon Leads to Dead-Ends ." When I write only for the bloggerati, I miss out out. When I read only the digerati, same thing. When I devour only tech.memeorandum and the Technorati 100 blogs my world of possibilities and creativity shrink. ( Uh, what's Technorati?, I can hear her ask.) Why so? Breakthroughs occur at the borders between discliplines and cultures.

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If I received this email, chances are you have received it or may receive something like it. The email purports to be from the Internal Revenue Servce (IRS) and claims that you are eligible for refund . The email claims that to get the refund you must request it on line. It appears to be a phishing or identity theft scam. Don't get hooked ! Here's the offending email... "After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $103.82. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-4 days in order to process it. A refund can be delayed for a variety of reason. For example (invalid records or applying after the deadline). The good news is that Internal Revenue Service will make this refund directly to your visa and/or mastercard linked to your checking/savings account instead a check or a direct deposit. To access the form for your tax refund, please continue to our secure server form at: https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetrefund.jsp Important: Do not use credit and/or american express or discover cards. Only cards that are linked to your checking/savings account are accepted. Regards, Francis V. Internal Revenue Service - Tax Refund Specialist" The fact that it says "only use cards that are linked to your checking/savings account should be the tip off. Further the lack of a surname for Francis V and the improbability that the IRS now has a dedicated section Generator maintenance as the new kid on "the H&R block".