Nice Little Refund - Whoppee

[Bazile]

HM Revenue & Customs

Message ID: #7148563248

Following a review of your previous years tax payments we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of £472 GBP. Please click the link below in order to complete your tax refund request on our website.

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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will usually send repayments within 2 weeks, but it may take longer in some cases. You should wait 4 weeks after making an online claim and 6 weeks after making a postal claim before contacting HMRC about the payment.

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[jno]

phone them up, just in case. I don't believe they've ever contacted me by email. But then they've never refunded me anything either.

[Mamyalynne]

Beat ya - mine was for £617 - if only.

[MargoTester]

I got the same but mine was in a letter -almost identical wording- and I actually got a refund a couple of weeks later

[Theland]

Mrs T just got a message on her phone, £500 worth of vouchers from Argos. Our Argos card is in my name :-/

[davebro]

Just in case anyone takes this for genuine! -

HMRC only informs you about tax refunds through the post or through your pay via your employer. All emails, text messages, or voicemail messages saying you have a tax refund are a scam. Do not click on any links in these messages, and forward them to HMRC 's phishing email address and phone number.

[elliemay1]

//Gareth Lloyd, head of digital security at HMRC, said: "HMRC never contacts customers who are due a tax refund via email - we always send a letter through the post. "If you receive an email claiming to be from HMRC which offers a tax rebate, please send it to [email protected] and then delete it permanently.//

[THECORBYLOON]

You can forward the e-mail to [email protected]

[gingejbee]

Not to mention...if you are due a tax refund, they let you know then send it to you. You don't have to "claim" it by contacting them.
Nice try.....have another go!

[Canary42]

If I had a £ for all such e-mails I'd be a very rich man ;-)

[JimF]

Bazile, PLEASE tell me you haven't clicked the link...

[tonyav]

I have been contacted by HMRC by email, but only after I contacted them first.

That one of Baziles is a proper phishing scam though.

[Mamyalynne]

4 week old thread

[tonyav]

Ohhhh so it is, thanks Mamya.

[JimF]

Apologies - didn't spot it was Natashacolek's first post. Obviously a troll...