Do YOU owe?

[PPRuNe Pop]

A new threat! They have some nerve that's for sure.


Good evening!

You has the penalties for corporate tax.
Amount: $531.39

===Detailed announcement is in the attached ZIP-archive===

You have to check out document before: May 20th 2014.
Otherwise you'll receive court claim.

Yours faithfully,
Head of Michigan Department of Revenue.
Cecile Wilkinson
+1 (225) 723-45-83

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[Keef]

I get lots of those. Spamcop has a <1% chance of getting them closed down, but I report every one anyway.

Most of them have a virus payload rather than any attempt at fraud.

[Capetonian]

Never open a .zip attachment unless from a known and trusted party. I don't think I have ever needed to send a zip file, nor received a legitimate one.

[Been Accounting]

The latest format of excel files (.xlsx) are in fact zipped XML files. If you change the .xlsx to .zip you can dismantle them very easily.

Does this mean I should never open an attached .xlsx either?