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.
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
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posted on 17/1/12 at 12:45 AM
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!
quote: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.
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
Do you even need to ask?!
Firstly, do HMRC even know this mail address?
Then there's the tone of the letter. It's just so wrong: "calculation of your fiscal activity,", " GBP",
"5-7 days" "payed to".
Then there's the:
3 spelling errors,
the missing words
the syntax errors
the grammar errors
File it under delete and forget it!
To quote from the film Ronin:
"when there is doubt, there is no doubt"
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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posted on 17/1/12 at 07:07 AM
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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Building: McSorley +442 - Built, and now sold :(
posted on 17/1/12 at 08:12 AM
quote: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.
If you're using Hotmail you can also examine the email without even opening it, just right click on it and select the 'view message
source' option. That shows you what addresses etc. are in the route and normally for the Spam stuff you'll see things like
'knob@morons.com' etc inside
If I had a fiver for every Junk email I got I'd be damn rich!
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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.
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.
