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The recent recipient of a phishing email has explained that when she first glanced at the fraudulent message, it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
Barb Horneck told her local news resource the Sheboygan Press that the message purported to be from the IRS.
It urged her to send her details back as soon as possible because otherwise her rebate could be delayed.
Ms Horneck explained: "I was tempted to fill this out because I, of course, don't want to wait the months that they're telling me I'm going to need to wait."
However, those who do fall for the scam will be surrendering a considerable amount of sensitive information, she warned.
The IRS is impersonated for a number of phishing scams, with criminals sometimes telephoning their intended victims in order to request information - a practice usually known as vishing.
A number of phishing attacks pretend to be from government departments and they can often be recognised because they urge recipients to respond quickly with sensitive information.
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