Pat Gaudette

First of all, who in the U.S. has ever heard of a “Tax Commissar”? And, secondly, who in the U.S., in the past couple of years, has actually made enough money to move to a higher tax bracket?

So far today, I’ve received three of these emails. The link (which I’ve left out of the email), goes to the domain “rep073or.kr” or a variation thereof.

From: “Tax Commissar”
Subject: You are in a higher tax bracket

Dear taxpayer,

The Federal income tax is a progressive tax, meaning that the more you earn, the higher your tax rate. Your tax rate depends not just upon your taxable income, but also upon your filing status (single, married filing jointly, etc.).

You’re in a higher tax bracket because:
- your annual income for the last tax year has increased.

Please review your annual tax report immediately at:
get report

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