The IRS is a SCAM, Beware!

Today I received thgis SCAM from the IRS, can you imagine that?

I am no resident in the USA, I have no business in the USA but they want to controll my wallet anyway! I am not going to post here the scam form too, is just a fill in blanks form for your private data with a fax number below, but the way this scammer acts is... official! Have fun reading it!


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Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service.
www.irs.gov
Application for a not ordinary resident (non-resident with a United States bank account) saver to receive interest without tax taken off or deducted.
Given the tighter focus on Anti-Money laundering and Terrorism financing on an International scale and to follow our requirements locally, we are currently on the Process of reviewing our clients records. This review is being undertaken to ensure that, we conform to the latest regulatory, Anti-Money laundering and client identification Requirements.
In view of the above, we therefore request that you complete the attached W-8BEN FORM and Fax same along with a copy of your international passport to fax number on the form Within 7 working days from the receipt of this letter. Also the purpose of the W-8BEN FORM is also to provide our non-ordinary savers to receive interest without tax being taken off.
If a valid and up to date completed W-8BEN FORM together with a copy of your international passport is not received from you after 7days from the day of the receipt of this letter you will be listed as undocumented, resulting in the standard rate of tax of 30%being applied on any dividend or interest income received on your investment in the United States.
What you need to do
Print out the attached notification and complete the attached W-8BEN FORM and Fax same along with a copy of your international passport to fax number on the form within 7 working days.

List of required documents:

1. A copy of filled W-8BEN FORM.
2. A photocopy of the photo page of your international passport.
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Keep this notice for your records. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us

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Well, what can I say, I knew governments are scam, but to get this low... hard to believe!