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#1 Guest_barcrest junky_*

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 08:02 PM

Must have signed up to something dodgy recently as just started getting lots of emails with viruses removed.

Now some I have received in the past, mimicing the Inland Revenue or a Banking Institution are quite believable and have had effort put in. But this, well, what do you think? I don't even think a Yank would fall for it; not even they would be that stupid.

Dear customer!

You has the fines for corporate tax.
Sum: $123.73

===Detailed notice is in the attached archive===

You must review questionnaire before: June 14th 2014.
Differently you'll receive legal action.

Regards,
Head of Georgia Department of Revenue.
Casandra Kyle
+1 (215) 566-62-79

Another just arrived

Good afternoon!

Your yield prove for February 2014 in the attached ZIP-archive.

You gotta complete questionnaire before May 2th, 2014.
Your number is: 1972497.

Regards, Certified Management Accountant.
+1 (319) 206-95-80

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#2 adb

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 09:26 PM

I've had 3 the past 2 weeks from the HMR.co.uk, Saying I'm due for a tax rebate of £304.73 If they are the HMRC why do they want all my details when they need these to work it all out?

Edit: People must fall for it or why would they waste the time getting it sent out?

Edited by adb, 01 May 2014 - 09:30 PM.

#3 bri365

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 01:40 AM

Easiest way to check if they are fake is to hold the cursor over the heading without pressing anything and it will display the email address that the email was sent from. If it looks dodgy or the email address is not who it says it is then do not open them and never ever get the urge to reply to them.

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#4 fruitman69

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 02:30 AM

What? its a scam? you mean im not going to get my £254.18 GBP tax refund? ?

I suppose your going to tell me next im not going to get the 1.45million GBP that I won in the Microsoft email lotto either !!

Pah.............

#5 altharic

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 06:03 AM

A school fell for similar lost a million.

http://www.bitdefend...-bank-scam.html

#6 Sarahheadinclouds70

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 10:29 AM

I'm with you on this, I had 2 phonecalls from foreign sounding people on a Sunday evening saying they were from my bank! Urmm really? I just said "of course you are" in a sarcastic way and put the phone down Lol

#7 Sarahheadinclouds70

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 10:37 AM

Weirdly a friend on my facebook has just had one of these supposedly from the Inland Revenue giving her one day to reply, Thankfully she didn't and it was fake.

#8 Magz

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 11:47 AM

We filter 1000s of these sorts of messages out per hour. It's amazing how much gets sent out and yes, some people do click them.

We instituted a policy last year to block any executable attachments even if they're zipped which catches all of them nicely.

Had a couple of complaints, but better than the potential losses if you run the software...

#9 wearecity

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 01:13 PM

You can never tell. :jimlad:

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 03:57 PM

I received this letter from my bank last year .........

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#11 bladefan2

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 09:01 AM

I get it all the time from a) email from Paypal asking me to follow a link cos' there's a problem with my account and b) telephone call from 'the computer department' saying I have a virus on my pc and they can help !!!

#12 mazza500

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 10:46 AM

The amount of emails and phone calls I get about this.

Here is one which I found so funny. I have marked the key points in red XD

#13 altharic

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 03:21 PM

A school would fall for that.

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#14 Guest_barcrest junky_*

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 04:48 PM

The amount of emails and phone calls I get about this.

Here is one which I found so funny. I have marked the key points in red XD

That is the point I am trying to make. If you are going to try and scam me of my hard-earned at least have the common courtesy of putting some effort into getting your story straight and realistic.

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#15 Guest_barcrest junky_*

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 04:50 PM

A school would fall for that.
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That school really does need to be closed down for falling for something like that. We have a name for clowns like those in charge there. Sweetums. Who is Sweetums? He is the biggest muppet, that's who he is.

bj

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 08:48 PM

Apparently this one is becoming increasingly common:
http://www.moneywise...e-sad-news-scam

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