Has HMRC Moved To Brazil?
This spam e-mail wasn’t written by the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Tax Refund Notification
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 973.90 GBP. Please submit the refund request and allow 5-7 days for processing.
Click Here To Claim Your Refund http://ocenomato.com.br/pantanal/galeria/xxxxx.xxx
Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs
But it might fool someone. Let’s hope it’s not you! After all, they’d stop sending them, if they didn’t find a mug in each batch they send.
But do note the Brazilian web site! The xxxx’s hide a dangerous web page, so don’t try and access it.
The Anonymous Widower 
There will be some who reply as you say. And some cynics might just assume that tax refunds are just another example of things being outsourced
Comment by liz | June 5, 2011 |
I must admit that think that when politicians say that children are in most danger from the Internet, they are barking up the wrong tree. Kids are much more street-wise and Internet-wise than many who have been conned by e-mails like this. The solution to both problems is Internet Education, Internet Education, Internet Education!!! Filters on web sites, will just give the nasties a set of rules to bypass.
Comment by AnonW | June 5, 2011 |
I just received exactly the same spam so it’s still doing the rounds 😦
Comment by John | January 15, 2012 |
These people never give up.
Mainly because they keep recruiting mugs. I sometimes think that we shouldn’t compensate these people who lose money unless we give them some training.
After all, if you left your car in a dodgy part of town, with the keys in it, would the insurance company pay out?
Comment by AnonW | January 15, 2012 |