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**StagnJag** · 8 July 2010, 14:14

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Russ, it might be an idea if you removed the hyperlink :shock:

**Andy Rundell** · 8 July 2010, 14:14

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kryten wrote:

Wooohooooo!!

Got this email today.....

Tax Refund Notification

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 1382.49 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-3 days in order to process it.

Note : A refund can be delayed for variety of reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.

Best Regards

HM Revenue & CustomsÂ

Do you think they'll deliver in cash?

(yes I am aware it's a scam...)

non-existent Nigerian Naira ?

**GDPR** · 8 July 2010, 14:51

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StagnJag wrote:

Russ, it might be an idea if you removed the hyperlink :shock:

Firefox automatically blocked it so I didn't think - it no longer works

**jwallbutton** · 8 July 2010, 14:59

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I love these things...... I've got loads of spam in my gmail spam folder offering millions! Mostly from Nigerian banks and widows.

I work in IT and design backend datacentre systems for a living.. done quite a few banks and blue chip companies, but even I've been caught once.... bloody Ebay mail. The next thing I knew, I was selling Diamonds in California. At least Ebay spotted it within a day. I wish I had been selling them though... I'd be rich.

**Guest** · 8 July 2010, 15:37

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Perhaps worth mentioning that my debit card details have been stolen, luckily the bank picked it up early, but it's still cost me a couple of hundred quid. I NEVER use it online, and only at local shops. Who knows, these ba****ds get everywhere. :? Martin.

**grahamb** · 8 July 2010, 15:50

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its up to you but I recommend that you never use a debit car in a petrol station or independant convinience store.

**jwallbutton** · 8 July 2010, 16:03

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grahamb wrote:

its up to you but I recommend that you never use a debit car in a petrol station or independant convinience store.

Your absolutely right on that one, but it's getting to the point where we can't use a card anywhere! We've had info on a bogus company that are going out and fitting a different chipset in the chip pin reader.... captures card details and pin! Big problem in little independant petrol stations and shops in Brum. They go in, do an upgrade, and come back later to "check"!

I've got a corporate AMEX... I'm just fighting at the moment someone in Mexico who hired a car from Hertz and got away with doing it under a different name, using my card details!

**stoutgoose** · 8 July 2010, 16:05

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Apparently the Nigerian football team's goal-keeper has offered to refund allthose supporters who travelled to South Africa to watch their abject performance.

All he needsto makethe refundisyour account number, PIN, and mother's maiden name.

**jasper** · 8 July 2010, 16:07

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Martin Stevenson wrote:

Perhaps worth mentioning that my debit card details have been stolen, luckily the bank picked it up early, but it's still cost me a couple of hundred quid. I NEVER use it online, and only at local shops. Who knows, these ba****ds get everywhere. :? Martin.

Martin .. you should be getting that couple of hundred quid back , don't lie down and take it , you should be covered on any card

John

**jwallbutton** · 8 July 2010, 16:10

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stoutgoose wrote:

Apparently the Nigerian football team's goal-keeper has offered to refund allthose supporters who travelled to South Africa to watch their abject performance.

All he needsto makethe refundisyour account number, PIN, and mother's maiden name.

That would be

George Agdgdgwngo

Just need your bank account details and sort code.....

**Guest** · 8 July 2010, 18:24

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jasper wrote:

Martin Stevenson wrote:

Perhaps worth mentioning that my debit card details have been stolen, luckily the bank picked it up early, but it's still cost me a couple of hundred quid. I NEVER use it online, and only at local shops. Who knows, these ba****ds get everywhere. :? Martin.

Martin .. you should be getting that couple of hundred quid back , don't lie down and take it , you should be covered on any card

John

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm trying hard, they seem sympathetic, we'll see. Martin.

**jleyton** · 9 July 2010, 00:51

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Martin Stevenson wrote:

jasper wrote:

Martin Stevenson wrote:

Perhaps worth mentioning that my debit card details have been stolen, luckily the bank picked it up early, but it's still cost me a couple of hundred quid. I NEVER use it online, and only at local shops. Who knows, these ba****ds get everywhere. :? Martin.

Martin .. you should be getting that couple of hundred quid back , don't lie down and take it , you should be covered on any card

John

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm trying hard, they seem sympathetic, we'll see. Martin.

I had it with MBNA a couple of years back and, apart from a problem getting hold of a real human being rather than endless computer messages, they were brilliant.

They refunded every penny and then paid me interest on top

. I hope it goes as well for you.

It all took a month or two and, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. At the end of the day, it's not their fault that there's crooks about.

Cheers

Julian

**Arbman Al** · 9 July 2010, 01:21

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jleyton wrote:

Martin Stevenson wrote:

jasper wrote:

Martin Stevenson wrote:

Perhaps worth mentioning that my debit card details have been stolen, luckily the bank picked it up early, but it's still cost me a couple of hundred quid. I NEVER use it online, and only at local shops. Who knows, these ba****ds get everywhere.Â Â :?Â Martin.

Martin .. you should be getting that couple of hundred quid back , don't lie down and take it , you should be covered on any card

John

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm trying hard, they seem sympathetic, we'll see.Â Â Martin.

I had it with MBNA a couple of years back and, apart from a problem getting hold of a real human being rather than endless computer messages, they were brilliant.

They refunded every penny and then paid me interest on top

. I hope it goes as well for you.

It all took a month or two and, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. At the end of the day,Â it's not their fault that there's crooks about.

Cheers

Julian

No, but it's the banks fault for not having a more secure system to prevent it happening in the first place.

A few years ago I left my card on the counter in a petrol garage. It was a couple of days before I realised I had lost it. In the mean time someone had been on a spending spree to the tune of nearly Â£2000 :shock:

The bank (Lloyds) said to go through the bank statement and note everything that was not mine, and they would pay me back.

Couldn't complain at that.

Rgds....Al

**KOY 23** · 9 July 2010, 04:25

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My Wife had her card stolen. I never bothered to report it, as the thief spent less than she did.

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