Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The email message below: "Automated Tax Refund Notification," is a fake HM Revenue & Customs tax refund notification that was sent by scammers, which will attempt to trick tax payers into completing a fake application form that asks them for their credit card, personal, account information. The recipients are then asked to respond to the same email message with the completed form. Once the scammers have their victims' information, they will use it to rip them off.
Victims of this phishing scam are advised to contact their bank or credit card company as soon as possible to report the stolen credit card information, and change their online passwords immediately.
From: contact.hmrc.gov.uk@sudhisalooja.comSubject: Automated Tax Refund NotificationDate: Mon, 16 May 2016 18:59:10 -0500After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity , we determined that you are aligible to receive a tax refund of 796.86.Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 10-14 days in order to process it.To access your tax refund, please follow the steps bellow:- Download the Tax Refund attached to this email- Open it in a browser- Follow the instructions on your screenNOTE: A refund can be delayed a variety of reasons , for exemple submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.Revenue and Tax AdministratorHM Revenue & CustomsTax Credit OfficePO Box 1970LiverpoolL75 1WXTAX REFUND ID: UK3239576-HMRCCopyright � 2016, HM Revenue & Customs. All rights reserved.
From: contact.hmrc.gov.uk@sudhisalooja.comSubject: Automated Tax Refund NotificationDate: Mon, 16 May 2016 18:59:10 -0500
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity , we determined that you are aligible to receive a tax refund of 796.86.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 10-14 days in order to process it.
To access your tax refund, please follow the steps bellow:
- Download the Tax Refund attached to this email
- Open it in a browser
- Follow the instructions on your screen
NOTE: A refund can be delayed a variety of reasons , for exemple submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.
Revenue and Tax Administrator
HM Revenue & Customs
Tax Credit Office
PO Box 1970
Liverpool
L75 1WX
TAX REFUND ID: UK3239576-HMRC
Copyright � 2016, HM Revenue & Customs. All rights reserved.
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I've filled it in and sent it. What do I do now? I feel stupid.
Contact your credit card company or bank for help. Let them know that you were tricked into sending your credit card and personal information to cybercriminals via a phishing scam. Also, it is recommended that you change the passwords for your online accounts.
I have had the same email what, shall I do?
Just delete it and do not follow the instructions in it.
