Revenue warns of email seeking personal information
The Revenue Commissioners have today (16/03/09) warned of the existence of a fraudulent email purporting to come from Revenue seeking personal information from taxpayers in connection with a tax refund. The email asks the recipient to submit personal details including date of birth and debit/credit card details. This email did not issue from Revenue.
The Revenue Commissioners never send emails which require customers to send personal information via email or pop-up windows.
Anyone who receives an email purporting to be from Revenue and suspects it to be fraudulent or a scam is asked to forward it to webmaster@revenue.ie. Alternatively they can contact their tax district to check the status of any refund that may be due.
Anyone who provided bank information in response to these emails should contact their bank or credit card company immediately.
[Ends 16/03/09]
Additional Note:
Revenue has a security warning on its website at this link:
www.revenue.ie/en/security.html