Re: Heads up on email Phising scam : Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:41 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

doctors

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I know plenty of professionals who are all brains and no common sense.

Re: Heads up on email Phising scam : Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:34 pm  

Doom&Gloom Merchant wrote: My girlfriend got an email yesterday from 'HMRC' saying she had a rebate that was owed to her. Sometimes the email pops up with the name of the person at the top, rather than displaying the email address, but when you open up the email address is was something like hmrc.pst@btopenworld.com. Obviously she didn't fall for it, but the email looked pretty legit, so unfortunately I imagine some people do. Always report/block is the way to go. I got that one as well. Ignored it as any rebates are usual paid back when/if your tax code changes.

Doom&Gloom Merchant wrote: My girlfriend got an email yesterday from 'HMRC' saying she had a rebate that was owed to her. Sometimes the email pops up with the name of the person at the top, rather than displaying the email address, but when you open up the email address is was something like hmrc.pst@btopenworld.com. Obviously she didn't fall for it, but the email looked pretty legit, so unfortunately I imagine some people do. Always report/block is the way to go. I got that one as well. Ignored it as any rebates are usual paid back when/if your tax code changes.

[Bullseye]

Re: Heads up on email Phising scam : Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:41 am  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYoeoEE3ww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYoeoEE3ww

Re: Heads up on email Phising scam : Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:00 pm  

I work for one of the major banks and over the last couple of years have sent tens of thousands of customers refunds by cheque (closed accounts) and many thousands remain uncashed over a long period. Now a refund for a few pence you could argue is not worth cashing, but a good proportion is for hundreds to thousands of pounds. Using a tracing company we found 60% were still at the address on the system so have no doubt received the cheque and ignored it. Maybe some people don't believe they are entitled to free cash, thinking there is a catch even though there was a letter included explaining why.