£150 council tax rebate -D/Debit

Montybell1

I won’t be clicking on any links , next time you check your bank it could be empty 😱

Sea_Shell

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I got a mystery £150 in my bank account yesterday, which is the refund, as local social media is full of others reporting the same thing.

My council is Walsall, it must have come from some offshore trust- there is certainly nothing to link the payment to them

Is the forum soon to be full of "unknown £150 credit in my bank account" posts? 😉

Actually, some social media posters said they had a text from the council saying that they have been paid and to click on a link.......

A couple of foolhardy types have clicked on it and reckon it just says they have been paid.

I've not got my 'phone number attached to my account, so I've not had one, seems a bit daft asking you to click on a link nowadays, when they could have just said "you've been paid, check your bank account, call us if you haven't"

I checked my bank account again, the refund says "general account" , when they take the Poll Tax off me it says Walsall MBC, you'd think they could have set it up as Walsall MBC Refund.....

It could (will?) be a scammers delight!!

AFAIK our council doesn't have our mobile phone numbers, so I'd be very wary of any text message.

badmemory

As my DD doesn't go out until the 15th, so I'm guessing this month it will be the 19th, then I'll start looking a week on Monday

luvchocolate

My direct debit went out on the 4th...no rebate yet. 
It will arrive at some point before September