tax refund email

[darrenwall]

i had an email today ( in my spam folder so that got me thinking ) from hmrc saying im eligible for a tax refund but it sounds to good to be true as i cant remember giving them my email address .
here is the script of the email and ill post the link they sent me as well , does anyone else think it is a scam as i can remember they do actually owe me money from me paying emergency tax about 4 years ago



Tax Refund Notification


After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive tax refund of 488.50 GBP.

You are require to submit the tax refund request using the tax refund reference below and allow up 6-9 working days in order to process it



https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/refund?GAREASONCODE=- 1&GARESOURCEID=Common



Note : A refund can be delayed for different reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.

we apologise for any inconveniences and thank you for your co-operation.

Yours Sincerely

HM Revenue & Customs

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And this is where the link sends you



http://outfoxedfarms.com/components/com ... mon&GAURI/

[jasper5]

Ring your local tax office.

Things that appear too good to be true, usually are not true.

[teamster1975]

Sounds like a phishing email to me ...

[SimonTNUK]

How did the tax office get your e-mail address ???

Unless you have given the tax office your e-mail address and expressed a desire to receive communications from them by e-mail, then you will not receive e-mails from the tax office.

By the way, is the refund for £480 ish ?
So is mine

[nick]

I dont think that they would also disclose an amount of cash through email without any other ID, like maybe a part of your NI perhaps?

What about viewing the source of the email, and see if the link it points you to is actually where its taking you.. ;)

N

edit- Should have read the FULL post. See what happens when you jump to quickly kids?

Attached Chromes nice warning.. Stay away! ;)

N

[steve_earwig]

Always useful to Google this sort of scam.

[Welly]

Knowing the HMRC through my work they would never say "fiscal activity" either that's just bollox talk.

[steve_earwig]

Looks like it's the Yank one, just mildly adapted for mugging people in the yUK

[mjb]

I work in the antispam/antivirus biz, and I've got to admit it's one of the most convincing I've ever seen when relayed through the right compromised servers (which this was!). The key giveaway iirc was that it had an attachment something like filename.pdf.html - you never usually get dual-filetype extensions legitimately.

[Nicodemus]

HMRC have updated their warning page:-

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm