I've just recieved the following email..?

Question

I've just been sent this e-mail from the HM Revenue, i don't have a clue what it's about though or why they've sent it to me! Here's what it says :

Inland Revenue Tax Refund - You are eligible to receive a tax refund of £281.43. After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of £281.43. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.

ATENTION: Insufficient or incorrect information may lenghten the whole process. Usually does not take more than one week from the date you have provided us with your details. In some cases (especially submitted by those without permanent National Insurance Number) this may take considerably longer. You have 48 hours to complete your tax refund claim.

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Then after that it gives a link, although i don't want to click it as i don't think its the Hm Revenue genuine site,

Answer 1

Its fake. Inland Revenue doall their business by post; if you were due a tax refund, they would notify you in the post. Just think a minute; when have Inland Revenue EVER asked for e-mail addresses? The best thing to do is search for Inland Revenue on Google or Yahoo or something, and see what the website address comes up as in the search results. If it looks identical then great: lucky you: i'm fairly sure that their website is "www.hmcustoms.gov.uk", but I could be wrong!

It sounds like a fake e-mail to me -  a scam..

Answer 2

it's a hoax and a fake and someone just wants your personal info. if it was real they would have sent a letter in the mail. just hit the junk button and get rid of and forget about it cause it is just useless ****.

Answer 3

and why woul they email you and give you a 48 hr deadline.surely they'd send you a letter in the post if it were true. sounds rubbish to me,like someone tryin to get your bank details.

Answer 4

Not genuine. Do not send any personal details.  Why not print off the e-mail and take or send it to your local office.

Answer 5

You are right it would not be from HMG. I suggest you ignore it/delete it.

Answer 6

i think that ur should go ur phone company to see if its a scame. thats what i would do.

Answer 7

Scam, scam; all they want is your personal info for Identity Theft and credit card fraud. The site is fake. They do this scam by phone too.

NEVER TRUST ANY EMAIL or CALL.

If you have any doubt then go personally to the Tax Office, they'll expalin you that this is fraud.

Answer 8

just ignore  i get them all the time

Answer 9

Thats probably spam.

Sounds like Junk Mail.

Answer 10

This is a scam. DO NOT GIVE ANY PERSONAL DETAILS TO ANYONE ON THE INTERNET CLAIMING TO BE THE INLAND REVENUE.

Answer 11

im only 12 sry!!!

Answer 12

hmrc doesnt send out emails like that, we sont send emails at all to tax payers, its a hoax link

Answer 13

That's a fake mail for sure..

Delete it immediately... It may contain an attachment that is bugged.

Answer 14

Dont click any links - period.

This is phishing to get your national insurance number and steal your identity.

Answer 15

I agree with H Potter, it is a scam, please ignore it. I had an email from the "bank" recently saying someone had been trying to access my details, however, when I checked, there was nothing wrong. Contact the revenue immediately and inform them of what has happened, then delete the email.

Answer 16

SCAM

If you're still not sure give HM Revenue a phone tomorrow, they will confirm this was not sent by them.

Answer 17

It is fake dont give them any information, and if you want to know the link takes you to a high School site called Dallas class 1969!

Answer 18

if it was HM revenue the address would finish with .gov.uk that doesn't seem like a government website to me.

Answer 19

HMRC don't send emails

Answer 20

I've just recieved the exact same e-mail....

For the exact same amount..

I have contacted HMRC and have been assured that this

is a scam and is being investigated.

The Email address registers back to a High School in Dallas.

Answer 21

Sounds to me like it's almost definitely phishing.  Especially because they only give you 48 hours to complete your claim.

If you have reason to believe it could be real or want to be sure, I would suggest you look up HM Revenue site through some other means and find the customer service number and ask them about it.

Answer 22

I had a similar experience. I won such a large amount of money apparently for nothing. They claimed that they pick my email at random from a database that they supposedly have. I was stupid to even respond to let them know  i was not interested.

Some people are computer geniuses and they do this to hack your computer. But I have nothing they can use. Fraud I tell you, fraud. They even give you an address that seem real. and wanted your address so they could mail the check all the way from the UK thats bull!

these are the links they gve me.

U.K Express Couriers Couriers [e-mail]

BFL VERIFICATION MANAGER [e-mail]

Answer 23

Inland Revenue will never send-mail, they send all their corresponded by post,Yellow envelops, just ignore it, or maybe you can call your local tax office and report this. Do not complete any forms with any information about yourself.

Answer 24

If it was them, they would send you a letter, where they can be practically sure that you will receive it. It sounds like spam, just delete it and foget about it.