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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: PAUL ERITH on November 05, 2013, 07:33:20 pm

Title: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: PAUL ERITH on November 05, 2013, 07:33:20 pm

There is a scam going on at the moment one of my commercial customers got done by it.

You get a email i had one about vat from hmrc ( im not vat registered ) with an attachment when you open the attachment it encrypts all your files and you have to pay the anonymous hacker £200 plus by untrackable money transfer to get the files back.

Paul

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: PoleKing on November 05, 2013, 08:45:52 pm

HRMC state that they NEVER send emails.
I always delete anything to do with tax in an email

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: PAUL ERITH on November 05, 2013, 08:52:55 pm

Quote from: Darren LanesWindowCleaning.com on November 05, 2013, 08:45:52 pm

HRMC state that they NEVER send emails.
I always delete anything to do with tax in an email

The email that got my customer was a itunes or amazon email i think  ;)

Paul

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: Ian101 on November 05, 2013, 11:06:19 pm

I had an amoazon spoof email free 50 quid voucher if you log in to link

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: andyM on November 06, 2013, 06:58:41 am

I've had a spoof Amazon order email before with an attachment which I presume had I opened it would of been some sort of virus.
I knew I hadn't ordered anything from Amazon at the time so I looked on their website for contact details to ask them about it.
On their website it does mention that if you receive a spoof Amazon email to not open the attachment and just to delete the email without informing them.
So I presume it is quite a common scam.

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: colin purewater on November 06, 2013, 07:11:04 am

I've had the hmrc one aswell !!

Along with one of off every other bank you could name  ::)roll

They look good tho I'm not surprised people fall for it tbh

Any idea who you would report this to and how
You would go about it ?

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: deeege on November 06, 2013, 07:22:33 am

I get the HMRC one..... About 3 times a day.

I actually opened it and started filling on the details once but this was about 2001 when phishing scams were quite new.

Just delete anything that you are not 100% about and don't let it worry you.

Title: Re: BEWARE OF SCAM EMAILS
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on November 06, 2013, 04:48:36 pm

I WAS GOING TO POST ASKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO!

I HAD A NOREPLY@HMRC EMAIL... I GOOGLED IT AND JUST WASNT COMFORTABLE SO DELETED IT...THEY WILL SEND A LETTER FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT.