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Posted by: matt ( )
Date: April 11, 2011 11:56AM
o/t Scam warning. Fake emails from tax authorities

http://thewellingtonnews.co.uk/content/scam-emails-warning-inland-revenuehmrc

Phising, again. Not nice. They must fool a lot of decent, hardworking people. :o((

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Posted by: matt ( )
Date: April 11, 2011 03:59PM
topping for evening crowd. (SWEARAGE)

They nearly scammed my wife today. Luckily she phoned me to check it out before she filled out the form.

BASTARDS! I ***HATE*** those scamming lowlifes. >:o||

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Posted by: Thread Killer ( )
Date: April 11, 2011 04:17PM
Re: o/t Scam warning. Fake emails from tax authorities

I'd NEVER fall for that; besides, I'm set for life, I have $12,000,000 coming from Princess Tonday Abaiga from Nigeria! Too bad about her family dying in that airplane crash, but I feel so blessed that can help her get her father's fortune out of the country before THEIR crooked tax people grab it.

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Posted by: brigantia ( )
Date: April 11, 2011 04:48PM
I got my refund, by cheque in the snail mail....

printed on a dot matrix printer, which I carried in my little handbag to the bank to pay in and wait for the 3 days clearing time.

Our Tax system still uses old fashioned technology. The transfer to a computer system is still ongoing and the past errors and omissions are discovered as a result.

I suspect they're using DOS.

Long live tax tables and ledgers!!!!

Briggy

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Posted by: ExMormonRon ( )
Date: April 11, 2011 05:36PM
Re: I got my refund, by cheque in the snail mail....

...with a dash of FORTRAN and a pinch of COBOL.

Just sayin'...

Ron

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Posted by: matt ( )
Date: April 12, 2011 08:07AM
Re: I got my refund, by cheque in the snail mail....

ExMormonRon Wrote:
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> ...with a dash of FORTRAN and a pinch of COBOL.
>
> Just sayin'...
>
> Ron

That's probably more true than we know! ;o))

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Posted by: Stray Mutt ( )
Date: April 12, 2011 08:46AM
People who are naive enough to fall for these scams...

...should see it as a tax on gullibility.

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Posted by: EssexExMo-NSI ( )
Date: April 12, 2011 10:01AM
Re: People who are naive enough to fall for these scams...

>...should see it as a tax on gullibility.

I agree to *a certain extent*

some scams are aimed at people's innate greed.
others are aimed at a fear/respect for authority, or a desire to protect themselves and their assets

there are some scams which are so bad (bad spelling and grammar, etc) as to be laughable.

some are very well put together with professional looking logos and links.

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