The scammer who wrote this scam clearly has skills which could be put to much better use. The form that is attached to this scam gets sent to a domain that, according to Whois, has been registered by someone in Ireland. However, the billing address for it is in America, as is the IP address from which this email was sent.
This certainly doesn’t come from HMRC and you aren’t due a tax refund. If you really are expecting a tax refund, telephone your local branch of the Inland Revenue. The Inland Revenue DON’T send you a random email, without your name etc. If you are due for a refund, they write to you – a real, old fashioned letter in a real, old fashioned envelope.
If you make the mistake of filling in this form, contact your bank IMMEDIATELY so the scammer can’t empty your bank account.
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2009
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2008-2009
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Helen Hughes
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 327.54 GBP
Dear Applicant,
The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as
applicable, copyright in these is reserved to HM Revenue & Customs.
Unless expressly authorised by us, any further dissemination or
distribution of this email or its attachments is prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please reply to
inform us that you have received this email in error and then delete it
without retaining any copy.
I am sending this email to announce: After the last annual calculation of
your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a
tax refund of 327.54 GBP
You have attached the tax return form with the TAX REFUND NUMBER ID: 381716209,
complete the tax return form attached to this message.
After completing the form, please submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT
button on form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at http://www.hmrc.co.uk/
Sincerely,
Helen Hughes
HMRC Tax Credit Office
Preston
PR1 0SB
http://www.hmrc.co.uk/
I recieve the helen Hughes and the david craig Tax refunds quite regularly always £327.54. Why is it possible to send mail with no trace back to the sender and if there is why is the sender not locked up for … fraud impersonating the revenue etc.which is for the purpose of theft NOT FOR FUN!
thanks Eric Ashmole.
Just got this one but with a different name (Neil Robinson) and a different amount of refund (£344.79). Have to admit, I am due money so I checked it out first and found this as the top link. For information, the ID number was the same, as was Preston – 3819. I’ve never dealt with Preston, so I searched for ‘tax office ID 3819′ which brought me here. Thanks, keepsafe!
My situation is exactly the same as Mr Easton’s. I too did a search on the ID number which brought me to this site. Thank you, Keepsafe!
Just for reference this is what was put to me in my e-mail:
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2009
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2008-2009
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: NEIL ROBINSONTAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 344.79
Same as above. Did a search and arrived here. Phew. Thanks a lot.
I have just recieved the pdf tax rebate scam, but as akways if they never write who you are, thats the first clue! also the tax people arnt that organised to send such a form by email LOL, these guys are a bunch of idiots that could use their time far better, sewing mail bags!
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Tax return – 2009/2010 – Recalculation of you tax refund
Just received this email today 3/10/10. Notice the grammer ( you ) instead of ‘your’. I didn’t even open this email up to see how stupid it sounded.
Thank for alerting us about this scam. Any unsuspecting person would fall a victim. It took me some mintues to decide on this email because it was perfectly done.
I had to key in the local tax office id in google to bring me to this website to know that i had fallen a victim to scammers. I am advicing every one to check on emails he or she is not sure of receiving to expose such scammers.
Hi all, just received the scam email from Helen Hughes today, I guess I can just say, do not ever trust such email, cause HMRC never ever sends email, they have charged help line. lol, that people must be completely naive if they think we will provide card details and even insert amount to be credited, pfff, HMRC never take card details, only sort code and account number. Lol, good luck and thanks for this site, it can prevent family tragedy…
Just got the email from Helen Hughes and replied to it to it before I discovered this site. Didnt send any personal details but now worried they’ll be able to access stuff from my computer …
Just got this one ——
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2010-2011
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa Frank
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
Dear Applicant,
The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as
applicable, copyright in these is reserved to HM Revenue & Customs.
Unless expressly authorised by us, any further dissemination or
distribution of this email or its attachments is prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please reply to
inform us that you have received this email in error and then delete it
without retaining any copy.
I am sending this email to announce: After the last annual calculation of
your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a
tax refund of 244.79 GBP
You have attached the tax return form with the TAX REFUND NUMBER ID: 381716209,
complete the tax return form attached to this message.
After completing the form, please submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT
button on form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at HM Revenue & Customs: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
Sincerely,
Lisa Frank
HMRC Tax Credit Office
Preston
TAX REFUND ID: UK381716209-HMRC
© Copyright 2011, HM Revenue & Customs UK All rights reserved
This is another variation of the same UK scam which submits your account information to an email at google mailand links to a CCS file at a website in the Ukraine
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TAX REFUND NUMBER: UK381716209-HMRC/2011
Dear Applicant:
•After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are
eligible to receive a tax refund of 244.79 GB
•Please fill the form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.
Your Name:
Your Address:
Town/City:
PostCode:
County:
Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding of Yorkshire East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Middlesex Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Borders Clackmannan Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh City Falkirk Fife Glasgow (City of) Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perthshire and Kinross Renfrewshire Roxburghshire Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian Western Isles Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taff Swansea Torfaen The Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Channel Islands Isle of Man
United Kindgom
Contact Phone Number:
(0044)
Mother’s Maiden Name:
Date Of Birth:
Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Please enter your exactly information where the 244.79 GBP will be debited.
Name Embossed On Card:
Card Number:
(16 digits without spaces)
Valid From Date:
– (mm/yy)
Expiration Date:
– (mm/yy)
Signature Panel Code (CVV):
(3 digits without spaces)
Issue Number:
( Solo / Switch / Maestro )
Additional Secured Password:
Please enter Refund Amount: GBP
Your Tax Refund Number: UK381716209-HMRC/2010
Important: The tax law imposes heavy penalties for giving false or misleading information.
Same as above and should be reported to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Just received a continuation of this scam on 31st January 2011:
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2010-2011
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa Frank
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
Dear Applicant,
The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as
applicable, copyright in these is reserved to HM Revenue & Customs.
Unless expressly authorised by us, any further dissemination or
distribution of this email or its attachments is prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please reply to
inform us that you have received this email in error and then delete it
without retaining any copy.
I am sending this email to announce: After the last annual calculation of
your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a
tax refund of 244.79 GBP
Complete your TAX REFUND NUMBER ID: 381716209 by clicking here
After completing the form, please submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT
button on form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at HM Revenue & Customs: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
Sincerely,
Lisa Frank
HMRC Tax Credit Office
Preston
TAX REFUND ID: UK381716209-HMRC
© Copyright 2011, HM Revenue & Customs UK All rights reserved.
Yep just recieved the Lisa Frank version of this!!!!
I just received the lisa frank one. Scanning my computer now as I downloaded that zip file and opened it – grrrr.
just googled lisa frank and found you, would not have opened file anyway, bad luck louise
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUNDHMRC 2010-2011LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa FrankTAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
I recieved exactly the same as everyone else but did wonder why I recieved an email, usually if you are owed an amount and they have calculated it it goes straight into your bank account.
Very similar email today, this time the origin was:
IP address country: India
IP address state: Maharashtra
IP address city: Mumbai
IP address [?]: 125.99.59.37
Quite obviously a fake, but no doubt thousands are still going to fill it in.
Just recieved the Lisa Frank email – with slight variation from above. Need to submit details to have money in 2-3 days but it is again 244.79 GBP. Was IP address for attachment was in Korea.
Looked scanned into computer and the entire email was a hyperlink. Email was not even addressed to anyone.
The body of the mail is similar to previous ones reported and the e.mail address + relatively modest ‘refund’ might trick some people into thinking this is not a scam. Clearly there are variations on this scam and it’s a time of year when people might hope to be receiving a refund.
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2010-2011
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa Frank
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
Dear Applicant,
Lisa Frank
HMRC Tax Credit Office
Preston
TAX REFUND ID: UK381716209-HMRC
> ?Copyright 2011, HM Revenue & Customs UK All rights reserved.
Tax rebate
From: rebate@hmrc.gov.uk
Subject: Tax Rebate
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 08:37:39
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of: £ 244.79
Regarding this, please Click Here in order to process your tax rebate.
TAX REBATE NUMBER: UK833859-HMRC/2011
Please allow us 9 to 14 days to process your refunds.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
Thank you,
HM Revenue & Customs Officer
William FULTON
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of: ? 144.79
Regarding this, please Click Here in order to process your tax rebate.
TAX REBATE NUMBER: UK833859-HMRC/2011
Please allow us 9 to 14 days to process your refunds.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
Thank you,
HM Revenue & Customs Officer
William FULTON
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
I just recieved this email, I thought it was dodgy and am so pleased I checked it out here before i clicked the “Click here” icon, Phew!!! Thank You x
Tax rebate
From: rebate@hmrc.gov.uk
Subject: Tax Rebate
Date: Tuesday ,March 22, 2011
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of: ? 144.79
Regarding this, please Click Here in order to process your tax rebate.
TAX REBATE NUMBER: UK833859-HMRC/2011
Please allow us 9 to 14 days to process your refunds.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
Thank you,
HM Revenue & Customs Officer
William FULTON
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
Lisa Frank also sent this one to me i have forwarded it on to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
[...] [...]
Local Office No 3819
Tax Credit Officer: Lisa Frank
Tax Refund ID Number: 381716209
received this with a tax refund for $386… from ontario canada
Lisa Frank also sent this one to me i have forwarded it on to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
just got the lisa frank email about tax rebate
Tax rebate
From: rebate@hmrc.gov.uk
Subject: Tax Rebate
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of: 332.79 Pounds
Regarding this, please Click Here in order to process your tax rebate.
Had at least 10 of these in the last few months though sometimes with different amount or no amount mentioned. Thankfully checking it out brought me here! These people deserve to be locked away.
TAX REBATE NUMBER: UK833465-HMRC/2011
Please allow us 9 to 14 days to process your refunds.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
Thank you,
HM Revenue & Customs Officer
William FULTON
TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2010
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Tina Frank
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
i have allso recived a email bout this why cn ppl get away with this there sick
hi there
Ive had three of these tax rebate emails within the last 2 weeks from WILLIAM FULTON. wITH ALL THE SAME INFO and yes a refund of £327.