HMRC hoax emails started early

[mrs maggot]

normally they wait a week or so , but here is one i have had already, just be on your guard folks, and remember they wont contact you like this, they send you a letter and then a cheque a couple of weeks later............. when have th Inland Revenue ever referred to you as "DEAR CUSTOMER"

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
31/01/2012

TAX REFUND NOTIFICATION

Dear Customer ,
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 325.65 GBP.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.

To access your tax refund, please follow the steps bellow:

.....- download the Tax Refund Form attached to this email
.....- open it in a browser
.....- follow the instructions on your screen


A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

[John G]

Had mine already :biggrin: along with all the other scams which originate from you know where!.

[smitch6]

i hate to guess how many scam emails i get a day
you can guarantee tho that at least once a day some bank who i don't bank with are changing their system and re-quire me to update my details
or that i'm owed thousands in compensation
bless em hey they have to try don't they

in this day and age with all the technology we have you'd think we'd be able to block all emails from this country :~

and if i have a choice when buying something between uk call centres and these other ones i know which 1 i will choose

[mrs maggot]

yep normal scam mails every day, bank of this, your account is frozen, illegal activity on your accout - but i just thought at this time of stress for the self employed, its all too easy to "click" and download something you really dont want to do

[Paul]

i love scam from banks or paypal
I always open they links to type "my password"
but insted of typing my password I always type little noghty msg

[logobear]

Hi Paul,
I think you make a big mistake by opening any links as this tells them the IP address of your computer and that they have a genuine active email address.....

[Paul]

oh nooo I dont open ANY links only some that i know i can open.

[John G]

And don't reply to them - if you do, you've just verified your email address, and given it to half of Nigeria

[Paul]

but they dont know what email is used to type password i would not click php links that look wired as there is link verification. with simple html there is not.

[JSR]

And don't reply to them - if you do, you've just verified your email address, and given it to half of Nigeria

I think this is a bit of a myth. These scammers fire off emails to anythingtheycanthinkof@anydomaintheycanthinkof.ext. They don't waste their time checking to see whether the email address actually exists.

That would require a bit of work, and at least half a braincell. There's no way they're bothering to take any email addresses out of their automated system just because they don't get the address confirmed. Far easier just to fire off a billion scam emails in the hope of hooking someone.