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Scary Good Spam

Just got this in the personal inbox: an e-mail made to look like it's from the IRS and announcing a small refund, small enough that I nearly believed it and clicked through. But then I tried the old trick of hovering my mouse pointer over the link to reveal the real address. In this case, http://gateway.asoec.com.br/ ~andrea/caseid886432. Definitely not the IRS. Too bad; I could've used $63. Anyway, keep your eye out for IRS phishing scams this time of year. —Mike Haney

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