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Possible Scam Alert
Don't know whether this is the right place to post this and perhaps i should have put it up on Chatterbank.
Just received an email purporting to be from HMRC ([email protected]) and i post it here word for word, complete with bad grammar and Americanised spelling.
"After the last yearly computations of your financial functioning we have defined that you have the right to obtain a tax rebate of 934.80. Please confirm the tax rebate claim and permit us have 6-9 days so that we execute it. A rebate can be postponed for a variety of reasons. For instance confirming unfounded data or applying not in time.
To access the form for your tax rebate, view the report attached. Document reference (9205468).
Regards, HM Revenue Service. We apologize for the inconvenience."
I did not view the attached report (which was blocked by my internet security). Had i done so, no doubt i would be asked lots of personal details, sort code, acc number, etc.
Fortunately i am wise enough to realise that if i was in line for a tax rebate, HMRC would, in all probability, contact me by letter, as i have had no dealings with them on line. Some, though, will be caught out, especially if they believe that they stand to gain almost a £1,000.
Just received an email purporting to be from HMRC ([email protected]) and i post it here word for word, complete with bad grammar and Americanised spelling.
"After the last yearly computations of your financial functioning we have defined that you have the right to obtain a tax rebate of 934.80. Please confirm the tax rebate claim and permit us have 6-9 days so that we execute it. A rebate can be postponed for a variety of reasons. For instance confirming unfounded data or applying not in time.
To access the form for your tax rebate, view the report attached. Document reference (9205468).
Regards, HM Revenue Service. We apologize for the inconvenience."
I did not view the attached report (which was blocked by my internet security). Had i done so, no doubt i would be asked lots of personal details, sort code, acc number, etc.
Fortunately i am wise enough to realise that if i was in line for a tax rebate, HMRC would, in all probability, contact me by letter, as i have had no dealings with them on line. Some, though, will be caught out, especially if they believe that they stand to gain almost a £1,000.
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It's a scam. HMRC are aware of many such, but you can still inform them of yours.
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