HMRC Phishing email Scam - Beware

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by skiddybox, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. #1
    Just a friendly heads up, I got this bogus email yesterday from "Hmrc" saying i was due a tax refund of nearly £250, i thought it couldn't be real anyway because something like this will be sent by normal mail not email.
    This is the email:

    TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
    RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
    HMRC 2010-2011
    LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
    TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa Frank
    TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
    REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP

    Dear Applicant,

    The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as
    applicable, copyright in these is reserved to HM Revenue & Customs.
    Unless expressly authorized by us, any further dissemination or
    distribution of this email or its attachments is prohibited.

    If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please reply to
    inform us that you have received this email in error and then delete it
    without retaining any copy.

    I am sending this email to announce: After the last annual calculation of
    your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a
    tax refund of 244.79 GBP

    Complete your TAX REFUND NUMBER ID: 381716209 by clicking here

    The link pointed to here: asdasdg.co.uk/Tax.Refund.New.Message.Alert.html
     
    skiddybox, Mar 23, 2011 IP