P pidgeon1 Joined 5 Jan 2010 Messages 671 Reaction score 49 Location Norfolk Country 25 Jun 2014 #1 Yet another SCAM E-Mail. Dear Applicant: You have received a tax refund payment of 632.25GBP from HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) into your Internet Banking Account. They just want your bank details .
Yet another SCAM E-Mail. Dear Applicant: You have received a tax refund payment of 632.25GBP from HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) into your Internet Banking Account. They just want your bank details .
JBR Joined 9 Jan 2007 Messages 9,338 Reaction score 1,776 Location Cheshire Country 25 Jun 2014 #2 Anyone with an ounce of common sense would first contact their bank and ask them to confirm the payment. No payment received? Immediately contact the fraud office. These scammers work on the basis that there's one born every minute.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense would first contact their bank and ask them to confirm the payment. No payment received? Immediately contact the fraud office. These scammers work on the basis that there's one born every minute.
foxhole Joined 14 Mar 2006 Messages 22,233 Reaction score 3,134 Location Essex coast Country 25 Jun 2014 #3 Anyone with an ounce of sense would know it was a scam.
P pidgeon1 Joined 5 Jan 2010 Messages 671 Reaction score 49 Location Norfolk Country 26 Jun 2014 #4 "Anyone with an ounce of sense would know it was a scam" I hope you are right, we will have to wait for the newspapers to headline how many have been caught out. I now have had more of these refunds offered by e-mail than I have paid in tax .
"Anyone with an ounce of sense would know it was a scam" I hope you are right, we will have to wait for the newspapers to headline how many have been caught out. I now have had more of these refunds offered by e-mail than I have paid in tax .
freddiemercurystwin Joined 21 Jan 2007 Messages 24,967 Reaction score 3,799 Location Devon Country 26 Jun 2014 #5 Unfortunately these scams do work. If they didn't then the perpetrators would not do it.
bernardgreen Joined 3 Nov 2006 Messages 28,097 Reaction score 3,286 Location Bedfordshire Country 26 Jun 2014 #6 Mostly they come from a PC that has been infected with mal-ware without the innocent owner realising it is being used to send scam e-mails. Reporting these scam e-mails to the HMRC fraud department does have some effect. For scams using the HMRC name the address to forward them to is [email protected] Include the full header as well as this then helps to identify, shut down and possibly prosecute the actual scammer.
Mostly they come from a PC that has been infected with mal-ware without the innocent owner realising it is being used to send scam e-mails. Reporting these scam e-mails to the HMRC fraud department does have some effect. For scams using the HMRC name the address to forward them to is [email protected] Include the full header as well as this then helps to identify, shut down and possibly prosecute the actual scammer.