Scam or no scam?

[JK Ferret]

Hey guys... quick question

Today I received in my junk email one from

HMRC United Kingdom (tax-refund@hmrc.gov.uk)

notifying me of eligibility for tax refund for £xx, along with an attached form to fill out.

I'm wary of filling it out mainly because it came to my junk email folder, although the address seems legit to me.. the form asks for name, address, phone number, mother's maiden name, bank details (including a secure password I use for online transactions). The HMRC logo is also in both the email and the form, but I can't help but wonder..

Any advice or info would be appreciated

[Funkstar]

yes it's a scam.

If i remember right, the attachment is an exe, not a form at all.

(including a secure password I use for online transactions)

And why would they need that then? Oh yes, it's because they are trying to scam you.

[Jay]

give them a call and ask, make sure you use the number from the correct website though.

Post up the header

[Mblaster]

Hey guys... quick question

Today I received in my junk email one from

HMRC United Kingdom (tax-refund@hmrc.gov.uk)

notifying me of eligibility for tax refund for £xx, along with an attached form to fill out.

I'm wary of filling it out mainly because it came to my junk email folder, although the address seems legit to me.. the form asks for name, address, phone number, mother's maiden name, bank details (including a secure password I use for online transactions). The HMRC logo is also in both the email and the form, but I can't help but wonder..

Any advice or info would be appreciated

Bank details including a password? It's gotta be fake.

Take a look at the headers of the email and you'll be able to see if the from address was forged.

[Infinite]

The very fact that they don't know who you are but know you have tax refund is like wtf.

[TAKTAK]

To view email headers in hotmail, right click the message and then click "view message source"

then post it up here (blank your email out )

But sounds phishy to me ()

[santa claus]

Definitely a scam. The English grammar is awful as usual. Report it to hmrc phishing people.

Bit surprised you've asked tbh

[TAKTAK]

Report it to hmrc phishing people.

Forward it to: phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-tax-scam.html

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The title of this thread sounds like the name of some game-show inspired by the financial crisis.

[Terbinator]

The title of this thread sounds like the name of some game-show inspired by the financial crisis.

Your right - the televised name is going to be 'General Election' however, around 4 month from now..

[sleepyhead]

LoL?! Are you being serious JK Ferret or are you just having a laugh with HEXUS?

If you are being serious, then follow the advice previously stated by other posters. If ya having a laugh then I'm sure someone here can find amusing stuff that you can write back with and amuse yourself with the scammers.

[Dingo]

Definately sounds like a scam.........definately sounds like this Government!!

[floppybootstomp]

Can't believe so called experienced computer folk are even questioning this.

If you don't recognise who sent it - delete it it. Simple.

If it's for real, they will contact you.

Nothing is for nothing and there are an awful lot of not very nice people out there.

No compromise. Use mailwasher freebie - free for one e-mail account anyway, after that they want money.

But it's nice to bounce

[finlay666]

How do you think the gov get your email?

They have your NI number, tax code, address and POSSIBLY a phone number
Unless you file a tax return online I doubt they ever send emails to the public

[Whiternoise]

Quite funny you think that HMRC would contact you first for a tax refund. In my experience they're quite happy to keep hold of it until you ask them...

If you actually want to claim a tax refund, you simply send them a form and they'll check your eligibility.

[Blastuk]

Quite funny you think that HMRC would contact you first for a tax refund. In my experience they're quite happy to keep hold of it until you ask them...

If you actually want to claim a tax refund, you simply send them a form and they'll check your eligibility.

I pretty much had to ring them up and wait for a few months, a cheque came through the post.. no bank details needed.. (they have that already, LOL)