I've just received exciting news that I am 'eligible to receive a Tax refund' of £445.21
Not being one to look a gift-horse in the mouth, I was very flattered that such a sum should be returned to me.
I am frankly stunned that they have 'recalculate' my payments, and that they have 'determinate' that I'm worthy of a refund.
All I have to do now is send them all my personal banking details, my inside leg measurement, and my house keys, and I shall be rich!
Thank you Esnath Makuvaza Nago (of Nigeria); you are most kind.
And no doubt there will be some people daft enough to do this?
ReplyDeleteNot so many these days, the scam is too well known. About 10 years ago my wife received something very similar just before Christmas, and I'm sure many would have been tempted.
DeleteI have had several phone calls telling me in a very stern voice that if I don't press 1 immediately the police will be after me for not paying my tax. Sadly it is a recorded message so I can't tell them what I think!!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very nasty. I suppose if you DO press 1, you will be charged a huge rate for the call (plus other things).
DeleteI get those offers sent to my fake email address. That in itself is a clue as to their authenticity.
ReplyDeleteThis one was quite amateurish. The one that Lady M received was quite authentic looking, other than spelling 'Madam' with an 'e' (Madame).
DeleteNot exactly Shakespearean English is it!
ReplyDeleteA good attempt, but only 2/10.
DeleteI see HMRC in my Hotmail inbox. I delete without opening. The real HMRC do not contact me via Hotmail and they do not contact me at all only via my accountant and he deals with it. I see they go through the phone book too, multitudes of calls. All very frightening.
ReplyDeleteI opened this one simply for the amusement value. There wasn't much.
DeleteWe get them addressed to Dearly Beloved. So like the taxman don't you think?
ReplyDeleteWell, at least that leaves you in no doubt! I quite like that.
DeleteMy advice to you is to use an Accountant as I do - she saves me a lot of time, worry and money in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI think it's Mr Nago who needs the accountant; not me.
DeleteChancers abound everywhere... emails I delete and to phone calls I reply to in my special gobble de gook !
ReplyDeleteI'd thought the Nigerians were more sophisticated these days; it seems not.
DeleteThey don't bother sending these to greek email addresses!
ReplyDeleteWell, that's one advantage of a dodgy economy.
DeleteI get those plus Mr Nago has been left $10,000,000 in a will and if I send him the $10,000 needed to get it, I can have half !!! Yeah, right !!!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteTell him you'll pay the $10,000 out of your half of the $10,000,000.
DeleteNBN here stands for National Broadband Network, the kind of almost government fibre optic company. Yet it is not a retailer. Nevertheless Australians have paid something like $500,000 to scammers who cold call landlines, that is mostly older people, who pay to ensure their NBN is not cut off.
ReplyDeleteThe only regular telephone scammers here are the 'We've found a fault with your internet connection' type. A quick eff off does the trick.
DeleteUnfortunately, some people will still fall for these scams.
ReplyDeleteSadly that is so. There are some very sophisticated scams these days; you need to be careful.
DeleteI get emails from him all the time...
ReplyDeleteThat's nice.... you must be chums!
DeleteHaven't seen anything so fishy since Donald Trump's tweet
ReplyDeleteabout the Prince of Whales.
When I learned that I was half Whalesh, it came as a shock.
DeleteCro(eso)!
DeleteYou got it!
DeleteSadly a lot of people get taken in by the more sophisticated scams.
ReplyDeleteI suppose they must, some are very clever!
DeleteThere is a clever British comedian, James Veitch, who had a good response to spam emails such as yours. Search within Youtube for "More adventures in replying to spam" to find it. I think you'll enjoy it. :)
ReplyDeleteI shall look forward to it. My late friend 'Jock' was a Veitch; I wonder if they were related?
DeleteYour post reminds me of the cell phone calls we get from "Scam Likely"... Mr. and Mrs. Scam Likely must wonder why no one picks up their calls.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very odd. Is it to warn you against scams?
DeleteYes, I believe so... We think it’s a service that comes with T-mobile.
DeleteMy brother used to run a scambaiting site called https://www.419eater.com/ there are some very funny stories and correspondences on there. He gave up when he started getting death threats but the website still goes on.
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