Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
24 October 2010
08:2376345#1
Had this email come through this morning; I'd heard about them but not had one before. Hope no one falls for them.
"Dear Applicant,
We have reviwed your tax return and our calculations of your last years accounts a tax refund of 344.79 £ is due
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 5-9 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
Please submit the form attached to your email in order to complete your tax refund
Best Regards,
United Kingdom Tax Office"
Roger
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
24 October 2010
10:3176356#2
Be very carefull Roger that does not sound right phone them first do not give your details out by email . I had the same done to me so I phoned the Tax office they told me they never aske for details by email,and they asked me to post the email on to them,which I did,and aweek later they got back to me telling me it was A forgery.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
24 October 2010
11:0276358#3
If you use the online tax form filling facility it just might be OK but I would not trust it. I hope for your sake it's a real email and not spam.
While on this kind of topic. I had a phone call from my credit card company saying they thought my card might have been compromised. I had made a mess of an online order
, therefore it was most likely genuine.
The daft thing is they asked me to give my date of birth over the phone to a strange person in order to proceed. I would never give such information to a cold caller however genuine they are likely to be. I got a letter from them a few days later so it was genuine but how was I to know for sure especially as the caller was foreign.
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24 October 2010
11:3976359#4
It would appear to me that roger is quite well aware of the scaminess of the letter!!! I hope, as he does, that no-one falls for it.
Jan - my bank does the same thing and gets snotty when I decline!! Idiocy!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
24 October 2010
11:4076360#5
It is a scam, no question.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
24 October 2010
11:5776361#6
first thing i noticed wrong was "united kindom tax office".
firstly there are loads of them not just one, secondly they are called her majesty's revenue and customs nowadays.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
24 October 2010
13:2476371#7
Jan you done the right thing,I also have done the same and got a letter back but better that way, then geting taken in.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
24 October 2010
19:0376458#8
I had/have, no intention of following this up, just put it on here as a warning to others to be careful.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
24 October 2010
19:0476460#9
gathered that roger, i wonder if it emanated from nigeria, seems to have that hallmark about it.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
25 October 2010
07:0876503#10
No idea Howard, could be from a flat in East Peckham, perhaps Nelson Mandela flats ?
Roger
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,037
25 October 2010
14:3576556#11
The tax office doesn't as a rule e mail someone about a refund. I have received similar which obviously originated in the USA judging by some of the wording.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
25 October 2010
14:3776557#12
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
25 October 2010
15:5476567#13
jeane
don't forget that most non english speaking people learn the language in american speak, also microsoft insist on us all communicating in americanese.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,037
25 October 2010
15:5676568#14
Indeed Howard, I just couldn't figure out why they wanted to pay me in $$$
