Do YOU owe?
 

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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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.

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.

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?