Energy Bill Rebate - is this a scam??

i will not ever use my debit account to pay for anything again. A cc transaction is between the bank and the seller and anything after that the cc company is liable. A debit card payment allows open access to your money

I only have a debit card. Tried a year ago to get a credit card but can’t due to not having credit problems….. weird.

So many of them are based outside the UK, Allsorts.

FannyCornforth

Lucca

Note the “published “ date.

Well spotted you!

First thing I noticed too! ?

Beware, scams are becoming ever more prolific and sophisticated

Thanks karmalady, I will definitely report it.
Ta for the link, very useful

I had a letter from my energy provider telling me how I was going to receive the £400. Had I not received then i would have thought it was legitimate. Is there no way fraud squad can catch the criminals that do this?

I went to an actionfraud talk the other week. It was eye opening and given by an ex police officer. The minute you give your bank details to anyone, they will have open access to your account

Most crimes now are frauds and many suck you in on a social level ie befriending, interest groups etc

A bit off topic

I will not ever use my debit account to pay for anything again. A cc transaction is between the bank and the seller and anything after that the cc company is liable. A debit card payment allows open access to your money

report to actionfraud

www.actionfraud.police.uk/

It is a scam, reporting helps others

Very dodgy - as others have said.
Your energy company will be issuing the refund and will have your bank details already.

Even if they don’t ask for your bank details, which I expect they will (I’m not going to delve any deeper) they are going to be able to harvest an awful lot of personal data

Check out the relevant government web pages, too.

Is this scheme even still in operation, now that we have a'new' government?

Lucca

Note the “published “ date.

Well spotted you!

I’ve clicked on some of the links - including the option to read it in Welsh, and they don’t work.
Some do though.
It is very convincing.
The robbing b*******s ?

Note the “published “ date.

Thank you!
Wow, I’m amazed at how ‘real’ it looks.
I’m quite savvy about these things and it had me fooled.
DH is vulnerable, and our energy company has texted us about this, so I thought that it was how they’d got my number.

Check the phone number out it looks like a scam.

That is a scam- you do not have to do anything because the £400 will be paid to your energy company and they will distribute the money each month I think for the next 4-6 months.

If you "register" you may well be saying goodbye to your bank account.

It's dodgy. The £400 is being paid to us by the energy companies. We pay our direct debit as usual and they refund £60+ each month for so many months.

I believe that’s a scam. You don’t need to apply. It should be applied automatically to your bills at £66 a time.