Then it later turned out that our two year warranty had expired on our 18 year old washing machine. The line went dead after I told them how old it was.
I got a phishing phone call a couple of weeks back claiming to be HMRC and saying they had opened a tax fraud case against me - and another one received about half an hour later.
You can report these scams on the HMRC gov site
Well they do say thank you if youve already paid. And it's probably cheaper and quicker to just send them to everyone than select groups.Well it's a badly worded text and I filed and paid back in May, so I don't know why they bothered.
Well they do say thank you if youve already paid. And it's probably cheaper and quicker to just send them to everyone than select groups.
It's brief due to the nature of the medium. That type of language has been in use since the invention of the telegram. Give everyone a kick up the arse while acknowledging that some may already have paid. They have probably calculated that the benefit of a reminder to the majority outweighs annoyance to a small number of wannabe pedants who can't deal with anything other than formal written English.That sentence doesn’t make sense. Are they thanking me because I’ve already paid, or are they thanking me if I’ve already paid?
That’s not the only part which is weird. You’d think with all the scams happening by text in their name that they wouldn’t perpetuate a view that they can’t string a sentence together.
I got one of these txts as well, even though I filed and paid a month or so ago. They never confirmed receipt of payment so I looked back in today just to check and it looks like I'm in credit.Well it's a badly worded text and I filed and paid back in May, so I don't know why they bothered.
It's brief due to the nature of the medium. That type of language has been in use since the invention of the telegram. Give everyone a kick up the arse while acknowledging that some may already have paid. They have probably calculated that the benefit of a reminder to the majority outweighs annoyance to a small number of wannabe pedants who can't deal with anything other than formal written English.
You are Graham Lister and I claim my five pounds.My GP manages to send perfectly clear and concise texts. It's not exactly difficult to avoid using ambiguous language, is it Reeves?
I've blocked them now, so I can safely ignore any future HMRC stuff via text. They have my address, my email address, and I know better than they do how much tax I have or should be paying, Reeves.
Meanwhile loads of people continue to lose thousands of pounds thanks to HMRC's mess of a system meaning scammers can hook people so easily, Reeves.
Had the following one yesterday.
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Support Scheme Grant Extension
The UK Government recognises the continued impact that coronavirus (COVID-19)
has had and has taken action to provide support. The Support Scheme Grant Extension
provides critical support in the form of two grants, each available for three month periods.
The first grant will cover a three-month period and will be capped at £3,750 in total.
The scheme for government grant has been approved for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The money are set to land in your bank accounts within six working days of making the claim.
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I just got this text from 60886
It stinks of scam but can't see how it could be as it has no links in it
"HMRC: Thanks for filing your tax return. Please pay by 31 Jan deadline. If you need help to pay, search HMRC payment plan on Gov UK. Already paid, thank you."
I briefly fell for that one... sort of. At least, the missed call prompted me to call HMRC. By the time I got through the penny had dropped, but I stayed on the line. Flagged up a change in circumstances and got out of doing two years of tax returns!
I really want to send a big thank you to the scammers for prompting me to sort this out, but don't know how to.
I just got this text from 60886
It stinks of scam but can't see how it could be as it has no links in it
"HMRC: Thanks for filing your tax return. Please pay by 31 Jan deadline. If you need help to pay, search HMRC payment plan on Gov UK. Already paid, thank you."
I got a phishing phone call a couple of weeks back claiming to be HMRC and saying they had opened a tax fraud case against me ....
I've had one of these this morning, saying a tax fraud had been registered against me and if I didn't press 1 to discuss it, a warrant would be issued for my arrest, because of lockdown boredom I decided to have a play, the conversation was basically....
HMRC how can I help you?
Surely, you mean how can I help you?
Sorry sir, I don't understand.
Well you phoned me.
I didn't phone you.
Not you personally, but I had a call from this number and was told to press 1 to resolve the matter.
What matter is that, sir?
You tell me, you're the people that called me.
I need to know why we contacted you, and take some details from you?
You're not very good at this, are you?
I am trying to help you sir?
No, I am trying to help you, by pressing 1 as requested.
I need to take some details from you, sir.
Sorry, who are you again?
HMRC, sir.
Sure you are, and I am a banana.
At which point he hang up on me.
For reference the phone number was 01484 394257, and I've reported them to HMRC.
Huddersfield
Why do they allow that? I can't think of a reason apart from allowing subscribers to try to scam people.There's no way in knowing nowadays, because you can buy a virtual geographic number for any area, no matter where you are actually located, these scam calls are normally then rooted to an overseas call centre.
I expect there'll be a spike of scam calls and texts around this time of year.Had one of these just a day or two after submitting my tax return.
Luckily I wasn't fooled. I know you can't get a tax rebate if you never pay any tax.
Why do they allow that? I can't think of a reason apart from allowing subscribers to try to scam people.
Why do they allow that? I can't think of a reason apart from allowing subscribers to try to scam people.
I can call you from my 0203 number from anywhere in the world by using the phone system on my laptop, so codes mean nothing anymore. I had the same one as cupid_stunt yesterday, from an 0151 Liverpool number, received pronunciation and didn't tell me to calm down once, so that raised suspicions, if I didn't press 1 I would be arrested. Failed to press 1, should I go down nick and hand myself in?
Save the strain on the courts and just shut yourself up in one place for a year.I can call you from my 0203 number from anywhere in the world by using the phone system on my laptop, so codes mean nothing anymore. I had the same one as cupid_stunt yesterday, from an 0151 Liverpool number, received pronunciation and didn't tell me to calm down once, so that raised suspicions, if I didn't press 1 I would be arrested. Failed to press 1, should I go down nick and hand myself in?
Save the strain on the courts and just shut yourself up in one place for a year.
LOL - my accountant has received a call this afternoon, that a tax fraud had been registered against her and she's facing arrest.
ETA - perhaps it's connected to my case?![]()