There is a quite convincing looking e-mail spam purporting to be from HM Revenue and Customs doing the rounds. The e-mail which has an hmrc.gov.uk address and links to genuine pages on HMRC's website, claims that you are due a tax refund of £188.50 based upon recent calculations.
I thought this was a bit fishy as in the past any correspondence I have had with the tax people has always been by letter. So I rang one of the HMRC customer care lines where they confirmed that it was a scam and that they were investigating it.
Now what puzzles me is if a spammer can get your bank details and empty your account, how come the powers of law enforcement can't trace the crooks just as easily.
