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willdinnerguest · 29-05-2011, 13:45

I just thought I'd pass on a bit of knowledge to you all that you may be interested to know.

If you get an email from HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs AKA The tax office) it will always, and I mean always be a hoax.

I used to work for HMRC (and have friends who still do) and they do not use emails to contact people. They hardly use email at all - they are about 10 years behind in technology)

The emails look very genuine even to me but will never be - they don't use terminology such as 'fiscal year' which the emails do.

HM Revenue & Customs: HM Revenue & Customs related phishing examples (I hope that link works)

If you get any email you should forward it (without opening) to [email protected]

If I can stop one person being caught out then the post was worth it. You may want to tell any elderly relatives who use the internet/email as they may fall for the scam.

29-05-2011, 13:45	#1
willdinnerguest Junior Member+ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Accrington-near Accy Vic Posts: 20 Blog Entries: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	HMRC refund emails I just thought I'd pass on a bit of knowledge to you all that you may be interested to know. If you get an email from HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs AKA The tax office) it will always, and I mean always be a hoax. I used to work for HMRC (and have friends who still do) and they do not use emails to contact people. They hardly use email at all - they are about 10 years behind in technology) The emails look very genuine even to me but will never be - they don't use terminology such as 'fiscal year' which the emails do. HM Revenue & Customs: HM Revenue & Customs related phishing examples (I hope that link works) If you get any email you should forward it (without opening) to [email protected] If I can stop one person being caught out then the post was worth it. You may want to tell any elderly relatives who use the internet/email as they may fall for the scam.