E-mail: Is this spam?

billyhead

I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this so mods please feel free to move it. I got the below e-mail in my inbox from the e-mail address service@revenue.ie about a tax refund. Usually if its spam it goes straight to the spam folder however this didn't. Its informing me that I am due a tax refund for the year and the e-mail has the official revenue logo on it aswell. It includes a link to click on to enter my debit or credit card details to process the refund. I presume this is someone trying to defraud me or do revenue actually send e-mails like this when your due back tax money


Dear customer,



After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund

of 390.63 £.

Please supply your refunds information by clicking the link in the space below.





Refund processing link




Please submit the tax refund and allow us 3-9 business days in order to process it.



Sincerely,



Revenue,

South West Region Regional Tax Clearance Dublin 2 (Dublin) .

Kenny Logins

£? Really?

athtrasna

Absolute spam. Since when have we started using £ again?

bpb101

revenue dont send personal emails with regards to your tax -yes spam

Also im sure somebody in reveune knows that the currency symbol comes before the number, realize that we use euros and has found a way to hit altgr and 4 at the same time to make a € symbol

Reati

If you have to question it, it's a scam.

bee06

Definitely spam.

If you really want to check for 100% peace of mind log on to PAYE anytime and check it you have anything but there won't be anything there.

Revenue don't send out unprompted emails offering to give you money even if it was in euros.

Kenny Logins

Not spam - scam. Phishing scam to be specific.

billyhead

Thanks folks for the replys. I hope other people who receive a similar e-mail aren't fooled by it.

braddun

don't open strange emails

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

This is a very old scam. I got an identical e-mail over a year ago.

Baggy Trousers

My advice is to take the money and run...to Nigeria where you could collect hundreds of thousands more from a former government official I have befriended...

berger89

I keep getting emails from a russian email address. have never clicked into the actual email…but try and get google translate to decipher some of it!

dobsdave

We don't know your name, but can tell you to the cent how much we owe you :-)

bpb101

dobsdave wrote: »

We don't know your name, but can tell you to the cent how much we owe you :-)

also most notices from revenue start ." YOU,worthless tax payer" , not customer