TV Licence scam

There’s also one from DVLA looking for payment to ensure my driving license isn’t cancelled! This morning I received a text from my mobile provider saying they couldn’t process my payment so could I update my details. Er......no! There must be a lot of people who are taken in by these scams or it wouldn’t be worth their while doing it.

TV License scam received today. They must be doing the rounds again

They are the most annoying email to receive and I have also received texts lately as well saying I have won a prize or my order at Tesco is ready for collection and all I need to do is click on the link below. I always delete these as to stop you have to text to a different link.

I received an email saying I was entitled to a tax rebate after I retired and I went to the HMRC web site set up an account and received money into my account 5 days later.

The difference between real v scam is the real HRMC don't ask for bank details until you have set up a secure account. Haven't received TV licence one thanks for the heads up on that one.

I've had several scam calls saying my Amazon Prime is due to be renewed for £39:99 they can't even get the price correct

Sorry rusty
bear, it’s just that when I phoned HMRC this is what they told me. They obviously do email some people.

Watch out for the one like I got from my "mobile phone " account. They said they couldn't process my payment as there was a problem with my card. And so as to not incur extra expense, to enter my card details again. I ignored it but I read in our local paper that it has caught a lot of people out - they have had lost thousands taken from their accounts.

Yep have had several.

I received a message on my mobile phone saying that for some reason my supplier was not able to take my DD monthly payment for my phone. They just needed me to re register all my bank details. When you looked at the message it looked so genuine. Obviously I didn’t do anything and when next in town popped into my phone supplier who confirmed it was a scam. They seem to be everywhere these days what will they think of next, you need to be so careful.

We have had these too. Today we had a Christmas cold call telling us we had been Mis sold solar panels and were entitled to a refund - there are some nasty people out there..........that’s as polite as I can manage!!

Me too! had both TV Licence ones and HMRC. In both cases, I checked to make sure that I definitely HAD paid the Direct Debit for the TV Licence, but then contacted them to point out the possible error. They confirmed the scam email. In the case of HMRC, I had already heard that this scam was "doing the rounds" and sent it off to HMRC using the regular address. Again, they confirmed the scam. Sadly, some people do still "click" on the link. We must try to keep family and friends aware of these issues, in order to confound the criminals.

After slamming the phone down, for the umpteenth time, on calls purporting to be from BT and Amazon, I wondered how these various firms do manage to make contact with their customers?

It’s not true that HMRC never send you emails- they do if you are registered to do your tax online. But the emails they send normally just tell you to log in to your account to get the message, not to click a link.
I have downloaded the HMRC app and last time I logged in I checked my last tax year and did actually have a refund due. I claimed it via the app and had the money in my bank next day, instead of waiting up to three months.
But in my case (a) I was already registered online and they had my bank details already and (b) I knew I was likely to be due a refund. I would really recommend using the app, it’s very easy and I feel safer doing finance stuff on my iPad than on a PC.
But do make sure you do the initial registration on HMRC’s legitimate website that you get to by putting the address in the browser yourself, not following a link!

I work for landed gentry and we have a lot of scam phone calls. One last week was from an Indian sounding 'gentleman'. He asked to speak to Mrs Lady **** a bit of a giveaway, I asked who he was and he answered HMRC. I told him he couldn't speak to the Countess, he asked why and I replied because he was not HMRC and the call was a scam. He told me I would be arrested and go to prison...he actually shouted that. I laughed and said I was sure he would be in prison long before me and he slammed the phone down. I quite enjoy these calls...entertainment on tap!

Info about www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ288

I keep getting phone calls from an automated caller saying that my Amazon Prime is going to be renewed and if I don't want this call this number. I have not got Prime and blocked number then they called me on a different number. Also delivery emails when I have not placed an order lol!!!

I had an email from HMRC saying I was due a tax rebate. I followed it through and filled in the details. Believe it or not my £106 arrived in my account two days later. My DH didn't fill his form in but he received his rebate two weeks later by cheque. All above board, thankfully.

Yes also from Apple and Netflix

Yes got this email, deleted straight away.

HMRC informed me they never send emails, they always write to you so all HMRC emails are fake.

Yes we got this e-mail. Just knew it was wrong, so deleted it immediately.

This seems to be going the rounds. Definitely a scam. Think you did the right thing passing on to authorities.

Reporting these scams to the authority purportedly sending them is all you really can do. They will then issue a warning to their customers via their homepage.

The cyber crime division of the police doesn't have the capacity to deal with this sort of thing, especially as it is well-nigh impossible to track down the scammer.

Yes, it is annoying, and yes, vulnerable youngsters or elderly people will be taken in by these scammers, but so they were in the days when con-men rang the doorbell or advertised in the newspapers.

Can you be arrested for failing to pay income tax? It seems unlikely to me.

This has been going on for well over a year now. Never click on a link without double or triple checking first. Never give any personal information over the phone without checking everything.

We had the tv licensing one yesterday. It came to my husband who never deals with any bills so we knew it was a scam.
My most worrying one was a phone call from HMRC saying a warrant had been issued for my arrest for failure to pay a tax bill. there were 3 calls all similar wording and quite concerning. The third time I did answer and asked why he'd rung and then he asked intimate questions and I hung up. All came from mobile numbers and he had a foreign accent.

Ive had the tv licence scam emails too also HMRC tax refund ones
Why don't these b.... scammers get a proper job?
Really annoying