In October 2010, articles were posted online warning consumers about phishing e-mails purportedly from the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) claiming the recipient's federal tax payment was rejected. The IC3 has received over 150 complaints reporting this matter. Although different versions of this spam campaign exist, many complainants reported that the e-mails they received were titled ""LAST NOTICE: Your Federal Tax Payment has been rejected."" E-mails stated, ""the problem is that system doesn't process your company ID on holidays and we moved
your tax payment batch to a waiting list."" Recipients were then directed to click on the link provided to obtain more details about their company's status and tax payment batch file. Some complainants reportedly use the electronic system to pay their estimated quarterly taxes, so the e-mail appeared relevant.

Other related phishing e-mails claimed, ""the identification number used in the Company Identification Field is not valid."" Recipients were directed to visit hxxp://eftps.gov/r21 and ""check the information and refer to Code R21 to get details about your company payment in transaction contacts section.""

A recent complaint filed with the IC3 reported the same type of phishing e-mail except this time, the e-mail directed the recipient to open an attachment contained in the e-mail. The e-mail was titled ""Your Federal Tax Payment Notice."" Like the others, it claimed, ""the identification number used in the Company Identification
Field is not valid."" To entice the recipient to open the attachment, the e-mail stated, ""check the attached information and refer to Code R21 to get details about your company payment in transaction contacts section.""
Be fore warned EVERYONE. DON'T FALL FOR THIS con.

www.ic3.gov/media/2011/110310.aspx