Fraudulent email? HMRC or not?
Jul 6th, 2009 | By invest | Category: NewsHM Revenue and Customs have now produced a webpage providing details of the scams that are currenly hitting the nations ‘inboxes’.
The HMRC website provides details of the the e-mail addresses used as well as methods and examples of the various scams.
The latest example from the website and posted just last month states:
Approval of funds scam email – 19 June 2009
An email is being issued displaying the email address postmaster@hmrc.co.uk with the subject ‘You are a winner of 168,240.00 GBP’. The email features an attachment and requests that personal details are recorded on the attachment and forwarded to info@lloydstsbprize.com.
To find out more go to:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm
If you are a recipient of such e mails you need to forward them to phishing@hmrc.gov.uk
Sharing of such information ensures that the offenders are more likely to be stopped!!






