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#1 Inland Revenue warning
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:06 am
by christopher storey
The HMRC scam has reappeared. If you receive a quite plausible looking suggestion by e mail that a tax refund is due to you, ignore it. It is a phishing expedition to obtain not only your bank details, but also date of birth, National Insurance details etc
#2 Re: Inland Revenue warning
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:30 am
by JagWaugh
And just in case you don't think it's really a risk:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7174760.stm
#3 Re: Inland Revenue warning
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:54 am
by Simon P
christopher storey wrote:If you receive a quite plausible looking suggestion by e mail that a tax refund is due to you
Surely the very implausibility of this is in itself a dead giveaway!
#4 Re: Inland Revenue warning
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:22 pm
by cactusman
As a rule the tax man taketh away...anyway the hmrc website will tell you they NEVER send unsolicited emails of this nature..delete...