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The HMRC spoof emails have started already....

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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


seems as shame as I just paid what I owe them by Bill Pay....lol :j
No two ways about this one: Anything Free is not a Basic Right..it had to be earned...by someone, somewhere

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  • crayola
    crayola Posts: 203 Forumite
    haha...didn't realise these were doing the rounds. Thanks for the heads-up! (if only to prevent me from getting excited and then terribly glum one I realise it's bogus...)
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