'Tax Refund Notification' from Customs & Excise - anyone else had an email like this?

[PavlovtheCat]

Tax Refund Notification

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 2944.18 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow 6-9 days in order to process it.
Click Here to submit you tax refund request
Note : A refund can be delayed a variety of reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.
Yours Sincerely
HM Revenue & Customs

I am presuming this is a scam, as firstly they would not have my email address, secondly i have only ever heard from IR by post, in a formal way, thirdly i work PAYE so any tax rebates are done through work afaik, fourthly, it is not the end of the tax year yet so how would they know, and fifthly as i have worked with my employer for years and years and years my 'fiscal activity' has not changed, other than normal payrises, sixthly, it was sent into my spam box, seventhly, there is a grammar mistake and, eighthly there is no reference number or anything to identify it is me as the intended recipient.

So, this is just to make you all aware of it, and if tempted, to ignore. I shall call them tomorrow to let them know.

Yes I've had one too. I'm sure it'll fool some people

I've had two of these emails, sadly not for as much money as that though. And yes it is a hoax.

linnet indeed the amount of money was the first clue! If it had been, for example, for £2, would be more realistic eh? .

Its a new one though, i shall give them that. I still regularly get told how my lloyds/halifax/hsbc/other bank has locked me out and i need to provide security info to reactivate, i get about 5 of them each day! If only i had that many accounts!

This was mentioned on the news (BBC I think) a couple of nights ago. HMRC were issuing a warning of this scam.

oh cool they know then, won't bother to call then! Have not seen the news for a while, other than the bbc/guardian (only as dh reads their sport section!) websites, guess i have not visited the financial page for a while either!

Its a scam. I on the other hand have inherited£10,000,000 I'm prepared to share with anyone who will forward me the £3000 I need for lawyers fees.

redbin i do! i do!!! I will send you £3000 but first i need you to lend me £500 as it will cost me this much to get my funds released with which to pay you...

OK but can you send me £100 by Western Union so I can buy the stamps to post the checque.

I used to work for a company that ran online games and competitions (legit!) and we persistently had scammers using the name of some of our better known games pretending that they had won £1million to try to part people from their money.

MOst of the calls from the indiviudals used to come to me... I always used to say "well have you actually played any of our games? NO? well you haven;t won then have you!"

One poor woman form the USA has actually sent about £500 via Western Union to these crooks, they wanted £1,000 to insure and courier the money to her, but compromised on £500 when she didn't have £1000. Surely the negotiation should have tipped her off!

I put her in touch with the appropriate branch of the met police but I doubt she got anything back. I did feel very sorry for her, but honestly, what a pillock.

You are all far too gullible. I have been advised only recently by the "National Bureau of Interpol" that a large amount of my money has been blocked by some bastards working at the United Nations. Luckily for me the "National Bureau of Interpol" are on the case. Honestly. The United Nations? You can't trust anyone these days.