# Wahoo! Tax refund, baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214 "2007-10-27T11:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/1 "2007-10-27T11:50:41Z")
> [@](#): > > After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that > you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $192.81. > Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-3 days in order to > process it. > > A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. > For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline. > > To access the form for your tax refund, please click here > Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time. > Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated. > Regards, > Internal Revenue Service Hooray! Almost 200 bucks, and it’s all mine. And people say the IRS aren’t nice people. I’m not sure why they need the warning at the end there; I think they’re a bit pessimistic to assume any random person might try a bit of fraud. Over-careful, really. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/2 "2007-10-27T12:20:54Z")
You do know this is a scam, right? [IRS E-mail scam](http://www.snopes.com/fraud/phishing/irs2006.asp) from Snopes. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/3 "2007-10-27T12:26:52Z")
I thought you are a Briton. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/4 "2007-10-27T12:56:48Z")
[Robert Duvall] I love the smell of a good wooshing first thing in the morning![/RD] Uh, guys, he’s pointing out the irony of a fraud warning inside of a fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/5 "2007-10-27T16:02:16Z")
I am a Briton, and one just enjoying getting spam from the “IRS” which on top of that warns me about committing fraud. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/6 "2007-10-27T16:16:21Z")
Criminally pursued and **indicated**? So they follow you and then point it out to you? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wahoo-tax-refund-baby/424214/7 "2007-10-27T20:24:22Z")
[QUOTE=FilmGeek] Criminally pursued and **indicated**? So they follow you and then point it out to you? [/QUOTE] When I read that, I pictured men in shiny, greenish-black suits, with skinny ties and porkpie hats, following **Revenant Threshold** and pointing at him. 😃