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IRS warns against e-mail tax refund scam
Associated Press
Published December 6, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about an Internet scam that uses an e-mail claiming to be from the IRS and telling them they are eligible for a tax refund. The e-mail directs the taxpayer to a link that in turn asks for personal information, such as his or her Social Security number. If the taxpayer bites, the information is used to steal his or her identity.
The e-mail claims to come from "tax refunds(at)irs.gov," the IRS said.
The IRS, which does not ask for personal identifying or financial information via unsolicited e-mail, says if you get an e-mail like this, do not open any attachments to it. Instead, call the IRS at 800-829-1040 to see if the agency is really trying to contact you about a tax refund.
Former Levi Strauss president dies at 86
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter E. Haas Sr., who took over the family owned Levi Strauss & Co. with his brother and helped build it into a socially conscious clothing empire, has at age 86.
Haas died of natural causes Saturday in his San Francisco home, the company said.
A great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, Haas teamed up with his older brother, Walter A. Haas Jr., in 1958 and transformed the small maker of Western apparel into one of the world's most famous clothing brands. He was with the company for 60 years.
As president of the company, Haas was a strong proponent of corporate social responsibility and worked toward racial desegregation of apparel factories during the late 1940s and 1950s.
Information from the Associated Press and Washington Post was used in this report.
Scratches vanish with Nissan paint guard
TOKYO - Nissan's new car paint repairs its own scratches and scrapes.
Minor scruffs disappear in about a week on cars that have Scratch Guard Coat, a clear paint that the Japanese automaker developed with Nippon Paint Co., company spokesman Kiyoshi Ariga said Monday.
The coating, which Nissan says is the first of its kind, contains elastic resin, similar to a rubbery surface, and can repair itself of slight scratches caused by car-washing, off-road driving and fingernails. The coat lasts about three years.
The scratch-proof paint will be offered in Japan; overseas plans are undecided. Scratch Guard adds $100 to the vehicle's price.
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