More HMRC Phishing and very difficult to block

Add a comment October 19th, 2009

I am getting concerned at the latest phishing attacks aimed at UK citizens who have to submit tax returns by November

The Anti-phishing sites are unable to block the sites or warn you that you are on a phishing site  because the html is a web page on your computer so NEVER checked

Even if you press submit, it bounces immediately to the genuine HMRC site so isn’t blocked
Currently spreading in UK are emails pretending to come from HMRC ( Inland Revenue/Tax Office) telling you of a tax refund due to you. For a change they don’t ask you to follow a link directly but to open the attached HTML file ( web page) on your local computer to fill in the form

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The webpage looks like

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As usual the advice is be very wary, don’t save or open attached HTML files from anybody especially those that pretend to come from a Government department or  bank. They will ALWAYS be fraudulent

If you have unwittingly made a mistake & entered your details:  get in touch with your bank immediately and inform them that your credit/debit card details have been stolen and  immediately report it to the police. Don’t let the police fob you off with ” we don’t deal with that sort of thing”. Insist on a crime being reported and take & keep the crime reference number

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