A couple of weeks ago they sent me a text message about a refund I was due and was liable to forfeit if I didn’t get in touch.
Today they rang me and an automated message said a Fraud claim had been made against me and if I didn’t ring a different number immediately I would be liable to be arrested very soon.

What is a poor boy to do?
At least it has broken up a dull Wednesday where I have sod all to do until 3.00pm now but can’t go anywhere in case there is a crisis.
Right coffee, bacon bap and Maddie Sparkle YouTube videos it is then.

Its a scam

Noooooooooooo!

It’s a scam.

Scam
My mother in law got this recently and I did a few years back. If you contact Hmrc they will ask you to forward the text to them as they have a dedicated system to look into them it’s so widespread

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phishing-and-bogus-emails-hm-revenue-and-customs-examples/phishing-emails-and-bogus-contact-hm-revenue-and-customs-examples

Really guys? You didn’t get the impression from my hopefully light-hearted post that I knew that?
But anyway thanks for genuinely trying to help. Nice people on here.

Really guys? You didn’t get the impression from my hopefully light-hearted post that I knew that?

don’t listen to them – it’s real. You are right to be concerned. My brother-in-law got caught the same way & is now banged up. For £500+VAT my international lawyer could’ve sorted it! PM me and I’ll send you his Western Union payment details.

Hmmm. Back to the pole dancing videos and coffee.

*looks up maddie sparkle*

*looks up maddie sparkle*

The way she dances that’s hardly a challenge.

Pah! My misses can do that. She doesn’t make a song and dance about it though…

🙂

Pah! My misses can do that. She doesn’t make a song and dance about it though…

He’s right you know, she can.