Inland Revenue warning

[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

[JagWaugh]

And just in case you don't think it's really a risk:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7174760.stm

[Simon P]

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!

[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...