TAX Refund text message

diddldonna

I received a text message which says its from HMRC and that I have a tax refund of set amount for tax year 15/16 and to fill in a form to process refund with a link? I wont fill in things that I am uncertain.

diddldonna

How do I delete message? I have found details that its fake.

jaybeetoo

Just ignore it

McKneff

Go to your list of inbox messages, tick the square on the left and then go to the top and click on Delete

[Deleted User]

diddldonna wrote: »

How do I delete message? I have found details that its fake.

Did you ever provide HMRC with your mobile number?

Champion_Hill

Did the link start onlline-hmrc... With two Ls in online?

I had an email saying I was due a refund of £265.84 GBP. I have already agreed with HMRC that I owe them £131.

Asked for debit or credit card details inc card CVC, sort code, account number, Mother's maiden name. You name it, they were asking for it.

Could Martin please alert people to this scam in his weekly newsletter?

Superscrooge

Champion_Hill wrote: »

Did the link start onlline-hmrc... With two Ls in online?

I had an email saying I was due a refund of £265.84 GBP. I have already agreed with HMRC that I owe them £131.

Asked for debit or credit card details inc card CVC, sort code, account number, Mother's maiden name. You name it, they were asking for it.

Could Martin please alert people to this scam in his weekly newsletter?

He already has done.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2016/06/warning-fake-hmrc-calls-on-the-rise---what-to-do-if-youve-been-targeted

GingerBob_3

Moral of the story. Never supply your mobile number or landline number to the likes of HMRC.


Never supply said numbers to utility companies and so on. Nor to banks and CC providers or anyone else that you wouldn't normally expect to contact you. That way, anything purporting to come from one of these organisations almost certainly doesn't and you can safely ignore it.

laticsforlife

No, the moral of the tale is to use either Trucaller (free on Android) or Phone Warrior, Call Blocker apps on your phone (other apps are available), as they keep a database of numbers (that is expanded by users reporting numbers as spam); then you don't get as many cold-calls or texts from these scammers, and if you do, you can block them with one click and it reports them as spam and helps the rest of us.

GingerBob_3

laticsforlife wrote: »

No, the moral of the tale is to use either Trucaller (free on Android) or Phone Warrior, Call Blocker apps on your phone (other apps are available), as they keep a database of numbers (that is expanded by users reporting numbers as spam); then you don't get as many cold-calls or texts from these scammers, and if you do, you can block them with one click and it reports them as spam and helps the rest of us.

Yes, use these systems, but also don't give out your phone number to commercial and government organisations.