Re: Last Laugh! Scam IRS Says You Have Refund of $63.80 Coming

In article <telecom25.203.8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says:

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My Dear God! Don't those fools _ever_
grow weary of sending out this crap day after day? Of all the
banks and other financial institutions I have seen fall victim to
these scams, this is the first time I have ever seen it tried on the
good old IRS. PAT]

This one has been going on for a couple of years, the IRS issued a
warning a few weeks ago about this again. Plus the IRS refunds are in
even amount no cents, these guys are really fools, but they do get hooks
in some new users.

IRS refunds are in even amount, no cents? I don't think I've ever had
one like that in the last 30 years or so. (The smallest one was
$1.60). Some of this may have to do with whether you round off to
even dollars in preparing your return, which usually seems to work in
favor of the IRS.

Gordon L. Burditt

You're kidding, right?

EVERY dollar amount on a 1040 form can be rounded, with amounts ending
in .49 or less rounded DOWN, and amounts ending in 0.50 or more
rounded UP. As with flipping a coin, while YOU might encounter a
"run" where for the last three years you had to round UP, the odds are
just as likely that you would round DOWN.


Gene

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