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Watch Out For Email Scams

AUTHOR: John Rowe

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POSTED: 14 December 2010

Be careful and watch out - there are two new email phishing scams that have been reported by the IRD. Do not reply to them. See below for more details.

First Scam Email

"We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of NZD 54.90 under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it."

The link directs you to a fake Inland Revenue webpage. The objective is to encourage visitors to enter their information. Anyone entering these details can have their personal banking identity stolen.

Second Email Scam

"After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 1288.50 NZ Dollars. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-5 days in order to process it.

Click Here to submit your tax refund request

We wish you a Merry Christmas"

This email also links to a fake Inland Revenue website that aims to steal your personal information.

What to Do
If you receive any of these emails do not follow the link or enter any personal information onto the site. You should forward the emails to phishing@ird.govt.nz and then delete them.

Request a Meeting

John Rowe
Director
Business Accounting Services

09 522-7955

jr@gra.co.nz

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Testimonials

This letter is to express my appreciation for the assistance and encouragement of both Anthony Lipscombe and particularly John Heaslip over the last financial year. The period since activating my trading trust has been one of considerable stress, as well as personal development, as I embarked on this as a relative business neophyte with virtually no awareness of the contemporary requirements of running a business, particularly the financial records aspect. During much of this period I have therefore felt considerable out of my depth. However I have been lucky enough to have had the benefit of the advice and support of John Heaslip in rationalizing what was a fairly chaotic set of records of the first year property trading. I am able to say that John in particular, has been unstinting in his attention to my needs and has done so in a manner which has never alluded to my extremely rudimentary grasp of managing a business, or even of being unable to set out a spread sheet properly. The result of the above guidance is that now, although my trading trust would still not be able to operate without the advice of GRA, I do least feel a sense of satisfaction that I have got to my present point without major disaster and that my property trust does now have some kind of firmer basis for any future activities - Name withheld by request

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