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harrydog10 · ‎19-02-2015

Just received this, the weird thing is I taxed hubby's car online yesterday. The wording is a bit of a give away.

DVLA Driver and Vehicle License Agency
Date: 19/February/2015

Dear customer,

We are currrently upgrading our database and we found that you are eligible to recieve a refund from your last payment made on our behalf.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. As example, for submitting invalid records or applying over the deadline.

To complete your refund application with us, you are required to fill out the form in the link below.

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If you refuses to complete your application within two weeks of receiving this email will cause the lose the specified amount and you will take full responsabilty for that. We sincerely apologise for any inconviniences this might have caused you. Thank you for your co-operation. (c) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Swansea SA6 7JL

cee-dee · ‎19-02-2015

Report it using a link here?:-

https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing

It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

bankhaunter · ‎19-02-2015

All the usual signs of a phishing email.

Some sort of threat and a link to avoid it, they are all the same.

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Parents of young, organic life forms are warned that towels can be harmful if swallowed in large quantities.

harrydog10 · ‎19-02-2015

I have reported it already. I just posted it in case someone else got it. I have no doubt someone will fall for it.

cheapprinterink · ‎19-02-2015

The link in that post isn't safe. Please no one click on it.

harrydog10 · ‎19-02-2015

Obviously its not safe its a scam email. The whole thing doesn't make sense at all, hence the post. Really just a warning in case someone falls for it.

mouse4702 · ‎19-02-2015

Thanks for the heads up, Harrydog. I have friends who are a little naive and this would panic them!

harrydog10 · ‎19-02-2015

Your welcome Mouse.

bankhaunter · ‎19-02-2015

I have friends who are a little naive and this would panic them!

That's what they are intended to do but is also the giveaway.

If you are being rushed into something, chances are it's a scam.

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Parents of young, organic life forms are warned that towels can be harmful if swallowed in large quantities.

myraandjim · ‎19-02-2015

thank you for the warning, there is always someone that would fall for these scams so all warnings are useful.

harrydog10 · ‎19-02-2015

Sometimes I think we are all guilty of not reading things properly and they look so convincing. They will try anything to scam people.

mustard-tree · ‎19-02-2015

Another one to watch out for is one making out that you have won a supermarket gift voucher.

Then asks you to answer a question, usually what type of music you prefer.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the email, you can see it is from an address in the Phillippines.

bitsnknots · ‎19-02-2015

@mustard-tree wrote:
Another one to watch out for is one making out that you have won a supermarket gift voucher.

Then asks you to answer a question, usually what type of music you prefer.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the email, you can see it is from an address in the Phillippines.

I have a load of those that go straight into my spam folder. They never get opened but do get deleted - often - very often.