What type of scam is it??

[Carter]

I don't know if this is domain-related but I'm curious to know what type of scam is it.

5 minutes ago I received this mail:

From: security@cra-arc.gc.ca

"Canada Revenue AgencyOnline Refund Form
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 386.00.
Please submit the tax refund and allow us 3-9 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here>>
Copyright Canada Revenue Agency. All rights reserved. www.cra-arc.gc.ca"

First I'm Italian not canadian so what the hell they talk about?
Be careful guys don't click on that link.

Who received this mail?

[ParkQuick.com]

I think the link is mangled - it looks like

mhtml:{5B5CC328-1FA3-4511-A233-B921C4FAF5BB}mid://00000119/!x-usc:hxxp://www.vrn.cc/forum/Canadian/getStatus_en.htm

(http changed to hxxp to keep it un-clickable)

I still think you should deactivate it in your post, though.

The scam is probably what happens when you click on the link and all sorts of bad stuff gets downloaded to your machine.

[Carter]

Thanks.
Mods please deactivate that crap link thanks.

[draggar]

Link is broken now.

Typical phishing attempt - make the address look legit when it is not.

I often see http://(IP address)/www.bankofamerica.com/security etc.. in phishing emails.

It's best to do three things:
1) Forward the email to the respective fraud team (usually fraud@domain.com or abuse@domain.com)
2) Clean out your cache etc..
3) Go to the site that they are mentioning (if you are concerned about it) - DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK. Type it into the browser yourself (as in www.bankofamerica.com to continue the above example).