Automated Tax Refund Notification – Scam Warning

{ Posted on Apr 29 2010 by Keith Lunt }
Categories : Scams To Avoid

Many UK home workers will be sorting their tax records about now, so when I received this scam email, I thought it best to raise the profile.

This is not the usual scam that I talk about on these pages. Usually they are scams that try to make you believe you could be running a successful business by paying someone. This one is just simply trawling for your bank details and maybe infecting you with a virus. I have already received 3 copies of the same email in just 5 minutes, so it has a wide distribution.

It appears to be sent by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), but it is not. The same way as the link says that it is going to send you to the official website, but in fact it points to http://jcurrency.org/conf/en/main.conf.php. I’ve no idea what that website is, whether it is genuine and been hacked or a total fake.

You only need to try to read the email to see that it is not in good English, it’s full of spelling mistakes and the grammer & punctuation give it an air of being written by someone who does not speak English as a first language. It is totally unpersonalised (no reference by name, not even sent directly to your email address) and probably very dangerous should you follow any of the links. Avoid it!

Tax Refund Notification

We’ve been notified by HM Revenue & Customs Refund Department that your tax payment refund has accrued up to 181.87 GBP, you are advised to respond Swiftly to this mail so as to facilitate the processed within 72hours of receiving the information thats required.

On going through files dated 01/02/2010, The following Banks are processed within 48hrs of recieving your information. Namely : Abbey National Plc, Alliance & Leicester, Barclays Bank PLC, Cahoot Bank and Hsbc Bank Plc other banks are required to allow up 72hrs.

You are require to Submit the tax refund request using the tax refund reference below

https://online.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/application?namespace=re&origin

Please Note : If the Account provide is incorrect or inactive your refund would be forfeited.

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5 Responses to “Automated Tax Refund Notification – Scam Warning”

  1. By aghileh on May 5, 2010 | Reply

    Dear Madam/Sir :I recieved an email regarding tax notification,tried many times to submit as wanted,but i couldnt since my server couldnt open the link.,so i used another software in order to reply .I am writing to you to want you to clarify what i need to do. Many Thanks,your sincerely AGHILEH HATAMI

  2. By aghileh hatami on May 5, 2010 | Reply

    I would appreciate if you explain what i need to do.Thank you very much again

  3. By aghileh hatami on May 5, 2010 | Reply

    than you very much

  4. By Keith on May 6, 2010 | Reply

    If you get this email, just delete it. Under no circumstances click on any of the links in your email, it could end up costing you a fortune! If you think you are owed money, phone up the tax office and then delete the email.

  5. By Martin on May 19, 2010 | Reply

    If you are owed money by HMRC they will always contact you by mail, NEVER e-mail. It is the same as the purported ‘account suspension pending’ e-mails from various banks. Just keep marking them as phishing scams and eventually the ISP’s will delete them.

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