Could this be a scam or spam?

elsien

Desmond_Hume said:

“…and it appears that you have not yet complied with your obligation…” 

Based on that sentence, no, not real. 

What’s the senders address?

Also wondering about a “greetings” salutation. 

Desmond_Hume

elsien said:

Desmond_Hume said:

“…and it appears that you have not yet complied with your obligation…” 

Based on that sentence, no, not real. 

What’s the senders address?

Also wondering about a “greetings” salutation. 

Agreed. It’s odd. 

Bin it 👍

MotoRacer

Email address came from

noreply@gov.uk-gateway-mail.com

MikeJXE

That address gives me Account suspended 

username

Definitely fit for the bin.

If HMRC are serious about contacting you, you'll get a brown envelope through the door, and never email.

Assume it is spam / phishing in all cases. The safest and easiest way to deal with it.

MotoRacer

Thanks for the help everyone…….had me going!

CliveOfIndia

MotoRacer said:

Email address came from

noreply@gov.uk-gateway-mail.com

Definite spam.  Any genuine email from a government agency would end in ".gov.uk", not ".com".  Added to which, HMRC will always contact you by good old-fashioned snail-mail for anything important.

TripleH

username said:

Definitely fit for the bin.

If HMRC are serious about contacting you, you'll get a brown envelope through the door, and never email.

Assume it is spam / phishing in all cases. The safest and easiest way to deal with it.

This ^^

If it doesn't come in a brown envelope FIRST, you can ignore emails from HMRC*.

They will only email you once you have established co.munication via post and that will be with a named person.

* - you get email confirmation of filing tax returns etc, but it is a receipt and you don't need to respond to these.