Wednesday, November 25, 2009

HMRC spoof email

A rather clever one got caught in the spam filter, regarding a tax refund. The apparent sending/return address is services@hrnrc.co.uk; note how the r and n can blend into an m. Oh and of course the official one is a .gov.uk.

Posted by FlipC at 8:58 am

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Anonymous said...

i got one this morning too- thought my luck was in to get a tax refund when i then checked the address of the email and macafee gave me a warning - thank g -
be careful any1 out there do not give your details

25 November 2009 at 09:30
FlipC said...

I think your last sentence covers everything really. If you get anything along the lines of "Login to update your details" don't use the links in the email, use your own browser and links there.

Damn HTML email, now which idiot company popularised that I wonder?

25 November 2009 at 12:42

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