http://wordout.computergeekservices.net/2008/04/23/fake-irs-rebate-emails/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:45:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://wordout.computergeekservices.net/2008/04/23/fake-irs-rebate-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Austin Chu Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:24:46 +0000 http://wordout.computergeekservices.net/2008/04/23/fake-irs-rebate-emails/#comment-203 Jon, good post! I work for a company that manages and track gift cards, and I recently posted about this topic on savvywallet.com. I was researching about scams that may occur during this stimulus release. I found a couple schemes on phishing. One thing to be careful are the retailers that are offering %10 bonuses in gift cards in exchange for people's stimulus. Consider this: last year $100B was spent in gift cards and $8B was lost/unredeemed. My advice? Save it, put it towards debt. Get that HDTV you've always wanted. At least you can say Uncle Sam helped you finance it. Jon, good post! I work for a company that manages and track gift cards, and I recently posted about this topic on savvywallet.com. I was researching about scams that may occur during this stimulus release. I found a couple schemes on phishing. One thing to be careful are the retailers that are offering %10 bonuses in gift cards in exchange for people’s stimulus. Consider this: last year $100B was spent in gift cards and $8B was lost/unredeemed. My advice? Save it, put it towards debt. Get that HDTV you’ve always wanted. At least you can say Uncle Sam helped you finance it.

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