I know it is not my birthday, so should I believe the following email from HMRC?
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After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of 973.90 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 5-7 days in order to process it.
Please download the document attached to this email to confirm your identity.
Note: You will need to provide a valid bank accoun in which the funds will be payed to.
A refund can be delayed for some reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.
Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs.
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I have not downloaded any attachments and will not do so untill I have an idea if this is legit!
£973.90 would be very nice, I could probably finish and IVA my westie if that droped in my lap. Ny thought welcome
Regards
Jon
if they were going to gie you money (rather than give you a reduced rate of tax this year) then it would be by cheque, and they'd post a letter
to you. its rubbish!
have you ever given your email to inland revenue?
If the tax man owed you money he would write to you, do not even think of opening the attachments nor entering any details.
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
I know it is not my birthday, so should I believe the following email from HMRC?
__________________________________________________________
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of 973.90 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 5-7 days in order to process it.
Please download the document attached to this email to confirm your identity.
Note: You will need to provide a valid bank accoun in which the funds will be payed to.
A refund can be delayed for some reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.
Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs.
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___________________________________________________
I have not downloaded any attachments and will not do so untill I have an idea if this is legit!
£973.90 would be very nice, I could probably finish and IVA my westie if that droped in my lap. Ny thought welcome
Regards
Jon
It's a standard scam email. They will NEVER email you other than to activate online accounts.
One way of checking these emails is to move them to the "Junk Email" list in MS Access if that is what you are using - then you can see where all the links are leading you to - normally some obscure address that the purported sender would never use.
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Originally posted by Ivan
One way of checking these emails is to move them to the "Junk Email" list in MS Access if that is what you are using - then you can see where all the links are leading you to - normally some obscure address that the purported sender would never use.
Last one I got was a pretend Lloyds TSB one - looked very good with the logo on etc.
The link looked nearly right too, but the link directed you to a home shopping site in the USA which wasnt getting used anymore, and they clearly had
access too. I got to this by right clicking the link, reading it then googling the website, and browsing it without using their link.
Only way I ever speak to a bank is when I ring them or I am standing in it, never believe any email as being bona fide.
Is your actual name anywhere in the email ?
This is a well known phishing scam email. Ignore it and delete it.
As above they will not email you in such a way and without your details in the email.
See the HMRC site : http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm
Rich
[Edited on 17/1/12 by rb968]
[Edited on 17/1/12 by rb968]
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Originally posted by James
the missing words
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Originally posted by James
"when there is doubt, there is no doubt"
It's a scam, they always are. I have had my email at yahoo for 10 years and my SPAM section is literally overflowing with emails like this. If
I open the spam folder and start adding up all the money I am supposedly owed it quickly reaches 50 million within 50 emails. I have had people
wanting to marry me via email if I just send £1000 via western union - one guy in Africa claimed to be my long lost brother. He just need 600 dollars
US to escape - to be sent via western union.
Delete it - forget it- don't worry about it.