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Carl_steveo
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PostPosted: 13:05 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Tax Refund Notification via Email? Reply with quote
My girlfriend was emailed this.

https://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/carl_steveo/taxrefund.jpg

The link it goes to is www.nettiehartsock.com/tmp/hmrc/refundportal.htm

I haven't clicked the link because I have no idea what it is. This can't be for real?
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Carl_steveo
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PostPosted: 13:07 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haha just after clicking post I googled the email address and yeah its a scam and the link is a phishing site so don't click it lol.
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PostPosted: 13:09 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
clearly a scam, if you click the link it will ask for bank details................ ithe link is not to HMRC at all and they don't send email like this anyway
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panrider_uk
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
HMRC always send notifications by post.

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PostPosted: 13:46 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Re: Tax Refund Notification via Email? Reply with quote
Carl_steveo wrote:

The link it goes to is www.nettiehartsock.com/tmp/hmrc/refundportal.htm


You actually needed to ask?
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Carl_steveo
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
No I was 99% sure it wasn't real but I've never had a tax refund before lol.
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PostPosted: 13:52 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you go to www.nettiehartsock.com it has been hacked. It says so.
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PostPosted: 13:54 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carl_steveo wrote:
No I was 99% sure it wasn't real but I've never had a tax refund before lol.


Tax refunds are real but it will come in the post. Usually only happens if you are self employed I think and you pay tax, they check it and make sure it is accurate and you may be reimbursed some if you pay too much. So unlikely you will get £1k though.
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PostPosted: 14:17 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also government organisations use a .gov.uk URL
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PostPosted: 14:32 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="allymoss"]
Carl_steveo wrote:

Tax refunds are real but it will come in the post. Usually only happens if you are self employed I think and you pay tax, they check it and make sure it is accurate and you may be reimbursed some if you pay too much. So unlikely you will get £1k though.


No quite often they get tax codings wrong and overcharge, if this happens they just give it you back next pay cheque by reducing the total income tax PAYE payments of your employer.

Cheques in the post were long gone even in 2008, they now bacs it to you instead.
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PostPosted: 16:42 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Re: Tax Refund Notification via Email? Reply with quote
Bendy wrote:
Carl_steveo wrote:

The link it goes to is www.nettiehartsock.com/tmp/hmrc/refundportal.htm


You actually needed to ask?



Here in lies the problem.... Despite the internet being full of this type of thing. As soon a MONEY is mentioned common sense goes out of the window.

Just add that there is now another going round asking if you have ever been scammed by stuff like this and that there is a Obana fund avaiable to repay your losses..... Just fill in all your bank details and they will send you the cash Embarassed
Wonder how many fall for that one.....
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Ste
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PostPosted: 19:55 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
You should explain to your girlfriend that:

- she is never going to win a lottery that she hasn't entered.
- she is never going to inherit millions of pounds from some Nigerian dude that she's never heard of and doesn't know.

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GhostRider
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:


Cheques in the post were long gone even in 2008, they now bacs it to you instead.


Not true I got a rebate just last November time and they sent me a cheque.

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panrider_uk
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PostPosted: 22:08 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:


Cheques in the post were long gone even in 2008, they now bacs it to you instead.


I get cheques from the revenue all the time (VAT).

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m0l0t0v
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PostPosted: 23:45 - 30 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
allymoss wrote:

Tax refunds are real but it will come in the post. Usually only happens if you are self employed I think and you pay tax, they check it and make sure it is accurate and you may be reimbursed some if you pay too much. So unlikely you will get £1k though.


Nope. I was on the wrong tax code for a long time.


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Itchy wrote:

No quite often they get tax codings wrong and overcharge, if this happens they just give it you back next pay cheque by reducing the total income tax PAYE payments of your employer.

Cheques in the post were long gone even in 2008, they now bacs it to you instead.


Entirely depends on the situation at hand. I got a cheque, this was 2 months back or so. If I was at work they would do it through the PAYE system though. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 10:33 - 31 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got nearly 2k back before.
I was paying loads of tax for a company vehicle. When I no longer had the vehicle my company never told the tax office and it wasn't till I eventually noticed and told them that it was put right.
The money was just added to my monthly pay.

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