HM Revenue & Customs

HM Revenue & Customs

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from HM Revenue & Customs and offering a tax refund appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact HM Revenue & Customs directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact HM Revenue & Customs immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

HM Revenue & Customs

Date:

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:53:54 +0300

To:

Subject:

HMRC Notification - Tax refund.

From:

"HMRC" <admin@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk>

Notification:
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of:

£175

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 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.

To access the form for your tax refund,
click here

Other HM Revenue & Customs examples can be found on the following pages: None

The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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