tax credit email scam

leicester27

Hello,
Hopefully this is the correct place to put this. Received an email asking me to fill in details on a form for a tax refund, it appears to be from HMRC tax credits but is not it is a phising email trying to steal your details please be aware a copy of the received email below. HMRC never ask for details to be filled in using email


"TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2009
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2008-2009
LOCAL OFFICE No. ****
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: NEIL ROBINSON
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: *******
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: ******, 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,
NEIL ROBINSON
HMRC Tax Credit Officer
officer.robinson@hmrc.co.uk
Preston
PR1 0SB"

alwaysonthego_2

This has been around for a while, but hopefully this thread will bring it to the attention of people who haven't seen it.