Spam email of the week
Subject: Tax refund message!
Cool! Usually my tax refund message comes from my tax
professionals after I've filed my taxes and relates to the taxes I pay in America, but
this email from office@hmrc.gov.uk
seems excited, if not legit.
Tax Refund Notification
Profesh header
HM Revenue & Custωms (HMRC)
Date: 19/12/2014
Date: 19/12/2014
The “o” in “Customs” here is either a “w” in a weird font or
a pair of boobs, in which case, sign me up for taxes! I look forward to
arranging the details of my taxes with an organization that is under the impression
there are at least 19 months. And what
was your gross income for the month of Boinktober? I don’t see it listed on
your W2.
A tαx refund of 472.49 GBP. (Still Pending) Due to invαlid αccount
record we were unable to credit your αccount. Please submit a verified tαx
refund form.
How you gonna mess with a man’s GBPs, UNCLE SAM? Sheesh.
Anyway, yeah, let me just fill out a verified tax refund form, which is a thing, for this random email.
A refund can be delayed for a variety reasons. For exαmple submitting
invalid recΩrds or αpplying after the deadline.
I appreciate you trying to pass the blame for this to me,
but I keep my taxes tight, son. Valid and on time, and you know this, man. Also, the irony is not lost on me that an email
accusing me of submitting invalid tax records spells “records” with a
horseshoe.
To αccess your tαx refund, please follow the steps bellow:
Am I bellow? Should I bellow? Is that step one? I’m
going to bellow just in case.
- downloαd the Tαx Refund Form αttached to this emαil
- downloαd the Tαx Refund Form αttached to this emαil
I’m good.
- open it in a browser (recommended mozilla firefox)
Downloading a zip file and opening a link in a browser are two different
things, but I do appreciate the browser recommendation. I was going to open
this in Explorer and there’s NO TELLING what could have happened there.
- follow the instructions on your screen
Thank you for making this a step.
Note: If you received these e-mαil in your BULK/SPAM section please add
to your address book custΩms@hmrc.gΩv.uk
Can’t think of how an email containing that very sentence
could have ended up in spam, but OK.
Comments
The capital form is "Ω", whilst the lowercase form is "ω".