HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been hit by an email phishing scam which has seen thousands of emails sent out to individuals claiming they are due a rebate on 2007-2008 taxes of £99.23. The recipient received a rather convincing email (if you ignore the lack of £ sign) and was directed to a similarly convincing website, complete with fully functioning links through to the HMRC website from its navigation.
I was personally one of the lucky recipients and was rather impresses with the level of detail. Had it not been for the fact I knew I wasn’t due a refund, and that the website wasn’t hosted on the hmrc domain, I may have been convinced (ish).
The email did find its way to my spam box but so do many other legitimate emails so that doesn’t mean much. It just goes to show that even as technology to block such activities improves the spammers get smarter.
HMRC Phishing Email
HMRS phsihing website
