e mail scam hm customs?

hannah29_2

i have today recieved an e mail from hm customs and excise. it reads as follows:
Dear Applicant:

You have received a tax refund payment of 732.25GBP
from HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) into your Internet
Banking Account.

Please accept the tax refund request. The money will
appear in your Internet Banking Account after 3-6 days.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying
after the deadline.

Please click on sign in to Online Banking to accept
your incoming funds

Best Regards
HM Revenue & Customs

am fairly sure its a scam as i only work part time and have not paid tax for the last 3 years!
just a warning to others
hannah

Stephen_Leak

Looks like a scam to me too.

See http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/reporting.htm

ceeforcat

'Best Regards' from HM Revenue and Customs??

I don't think so somehow.

maninthestreet

These fake HMRC emails have been doing the rounds for a number of years.

mrkbrrws

Tax refunds are always notified to you by post, never by e-mail.

Gra76

Scam. Scam. Scam.

Hovering over the 'sign in' bit takes you to a russian website where they'll have a fake portal to take your details and then they'll drain your bank account.

TadleyBaggie

What worries me is, you were only "fairly sure" it was a scam...

prowla

If you've received the "payment into your internet account", then logic would suggest that it is there, as opposed to pending some further action.

Of course it isn't and you aren't going to get the payment.

I got one of those mails to, to a business address, so why would HMRC sent the mail there and not to my personal one that I use when I submit returns?

So yes, it is a scam!