Tax refund - HM Revenue and Customs Phishing Scams

HM Revenue and Customs


Date Reported: 21st September 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH

Email Subject:

Tax refund

Apparent Sender:

HM Revenue and Customs

Return Address:

Not found

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://bradlambertfitness.com/wp-content/upgrade/b
log.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1)

After the last annual
calculations of your fiscal activity, we
have determined that you are eligible to
receive a tax refund of 268.50 GBP. Please
submit the tax refund request and have
your tax refund sent to your bank account in
due time Please Click "Get
Started" to have your tax refund sent to
your bank account, your tax refund will
be sent to your bank account in due time
take your time to go through the bank we have
on our list Get Started

Location:

(UNKNOWN CITY), UNITED STATES

Scam number:

18510-289073-638429

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at HM Revenue and Customs by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

HM Revenue and Customs never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

undisclosed-recipients

TAX REFUND NOTIFICATION

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After the last annual calculations of your
fiscal activity, we have determined that you
are eligible to receive a tax
refund of 268.50 GBP. Please submit the tax
refund request and have your tax refund sent
to your bank account in due
time

Please Click "Get Started" to have your tax
refund sent to your bank account, your tax
refund will be sent to your bank
account in due tim...

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