You have get a Tax Refund!!!!

[ValA.]

Anyone else got a nice New Year email message from 'HM Revenue & Customs' stating 'You have get a Tax Refund on your Visa or Mastercard - complete the 'Formular' and get your refund Tax'

I can't wait - and wonder whose trying to 'phish' my details now! Either that or HM Revenue and Customs hasn't quite got it's head around English as she is spoke!

 

[Big S]

Not had one from the Inland Revenue but I have had spam alledgedly from PayPal and one recently from HSBC, both telling me to update my details with them.

Looks like the hackers, spammers or should I just call them crooks are looking for targets afters the Christmas period. Both emails are now in the trash folder and deleted.

 

[Gafferbill]

..why not forward the emails to the legitimate companies concerned.

Most now have an Internet fraud department who collate and investigate the perpetrators wherever they may be.

 

[davidinfrance]

HM Revenue & Customs are very concerned about these types of scam.

They have set up a dedicated email address where you can forward suspect emails:

phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk.

I forwarded the same rebate scam email on Sunday.

 

[davidinfrance]

From HMRC website:

Examples of SOME of the fake email addresses used include:

HMRC related scam examples

Tax rebate - updated 30 November 2009

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) would not inform customers of a tax rebate via email, or invite them to complete an online form to receive a rebate of tax.

Do not visit the website contained within the email or disclose any personal or payment information.

Email addresses used to distribute the tax rebate emails include:

tax.refunds@hmrc.gov.uk

service@hmrc.gov.uk

hmrcrefunds@hmrc.gov.uk

refundsdept@ir-efile.gov.uk

noreply@hmrk.co.uk

customers@hmrc.gov.uk

taxcredits@hmrc.co.uk

officer.robinson@hmrc.co.uk

securemail@hmrc.gov.uk

hmrc@tax-revenue.uk

HMRC does not send out emails using these email addresses.

NOW YOU KNOW!! BEWARE!!

 

[Guest]

Recently I've had a very realistic looking email that appears to be from Alliance & Leicester telling me about updating details. It comes in my UK email address inbox, but the address it is sent to is slightly wrong

I've never had a A&L account and have never even been an A&L branch.

 

[Terry_5112949]

These scammers must think we are all thick, I have won the lottery about 8 or 9 times now, wonder why I don`t have a nice new car and caravan

 

[Suzac]

"They have set up a dedicated email address where you can forward suspect emails:"

phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk.

Thanks for the info. coppied and pasted to my list of e-mail contacts but wouldn't take at first then realised the full stop after "uk" was the problem - just in case anyone alse tries thye same

 

[davidinfrance]

HM Revenue & Customs are very concerned about these types of scam.

They have set up a dedicated email address where you can forward suspect emails:

phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk.

I forwarded the same rebate scam email on Sunday.

PLEASE DELETE THE . AT THE END OF UK. THE CORRECT ADDRESS IS:

phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk