{"id":182,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Claim-Your-Tax-Refund-Online'-Phishing-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Claim Your Tax Refund Online&#8217; Phishing Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail \u00a0purporting to be from UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) claims that there has been an error in the calculation of your tax return and you can therefore claim a tax refund online by opening a Tax Refund Form contained in an attached file.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not from HMRC. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information. Tax refund scams like this are very common and have targeted taxpayers around the world for a number of years. Your tax department will not send you an unsolicited email asking you to click a link or open an attachment to claim a refund or update details. If you receive such an email, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.<br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nClaim Your Tax Refund OnlineNew Anouncement UK ID:HEPBY5OW<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We identified an error in the calculation of your tax from the last payment, amounting to GBP 244.17.<br \/>\nIn order for us to return the excess payment, we need to confirm a few extra details after which the funds will be credited to your specified bank account.<br \/>\nPlease submit the tax refund request and download the attached form by having your tax refund sent to your bank account in due time.To access your tax refund, please follow the steps bellow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; download the Tax Refund Form attached to this email<br \/>\n&#8211; open it in a browser<br \/>\n&#8211; follow the instructions on your screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We are here to ensure the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid.<br \/>\nBest Regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-phishing-email\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,679\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1-300x255.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2022\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Claim Your Tax Refund Online scam email\" width=\"800\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-1-236x200.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this email, which claims to be from UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), there has been an error in the calculation of your last tax payment. Therefore, explains the email, HMRC needs to confirm some details so that it can return the excess payment \u00a0to you. It asks \u00a0you to open an \u00a0attached file in your web browser and follow the instructions \u00a0to claim your refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>But, alas, the email is not from HMRC and the promised refund is just a ruse designed to trick you into submitting your personal and financial information to criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>If you open the attached file, a bogus &#8216;update form&#8217; will load in your browser (see screenshot below).  \u00a0The form asks for credit card numbers as well as your name and address details and other identifying information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>After you click the &#8216;Submit Form&#8217;  \u00a0button, all of \u00a0this information will be sent to the criminals and used \u00a0to commit credit card fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tax refund scam attempts like this one are certainly nothing new. Similar scams have targeted taxpayers in several countries over a number of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Be wary of any email or text message that claims that you can click a link or open an attached file to access an unexpected tax refund. Your country&#8217;s tax agency will not \u00a0send you such a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The HMRC website <a title=\"Avoid and report internet scams and phishing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing\">includes information<\/a> about avoiding and reporting such phishing scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-phishing-email\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,657\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2-300x246.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2.jpg\" alt=\"HMRC tax refund scam form\" width=\"800\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-scam-2-244x200.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: July 14, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: July 14, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Avoid and report internet scams and phishing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing\">Avoid and report internet scams and phishing<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"'Attempt To Deposit Your Tax Refund Failed' Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/attempt-to-deposit-your-tax-refund-failed-phishing-scam-email\/\">'Attempt To Deposit Your Tax Refund Failed' Phishing Scam Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Phishing Scams - Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/phisher-scams.html\">Phishing Scams &#8211; Anti-Phishing Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-phishing-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/claim-your-tax-refund-online-phishing-email\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email \u00a0purporting to be from UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) claims that there has been an error in the calculation of your tax return and you can therefore claim a tax refund online by opening a Tax Refund Form contained in an attached file. 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