[PAUL ERITH]

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

[PoleKing]

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

[PAUL ERITH]

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

[Ian101]

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

[andyM]

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.

[colin purewater]

I've had the hmrc one aswell !!

Along with one of off every other bank you could name 

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 ?

[deeege]

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.

[CLEANCARE WC]

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.