HM revenue and customs

[Mercdriver]

Might be scam but looks official, offering to register for refund, suspicious that it is for energy and a rates rebate

Anybody know for sure, yet again bought items on Amazon from Chinese company and get e mails very soon after, this may be because I am on a list. Not a suckers list! I give these clowns short thrift







Ofgem

You Are Eligible To Apply For Energy Bill Rebate

Dear

Starting today the Government has announced an energy bill rebate scheme

You have to apply for energy bill rebate before June 01 2022


The government has announced a package of support to help households with rising energy bills. We will start making the payments in June 2022.

This includes:


A £200 discount on their energy bill this Autumn for domestic electricity customers.

A £250 non-repayable Council Tax Rebate payment for all households that are liable for Council Tax.

This rebate is covered by the government and does not need to be paid back

How do I apply for energy bill rebate?

[No ideas for a name]

Almost certainly a scam.

[Mercdriver]

Thanks “man with no name”

[Ham_and_Jam]

You don’t have to apply for the energy rebate scheme, it’s automatically applied to your account.

[Simpo Two]

(1) 'You Are Eligible To Apply For Energy Bill Rebate'

Missing word. Velly bad!

(2) 'You have to apply for energy bill rebate before June 01 2022'

Only three days to apply?


Guilty as charged.

[Pica-Pica]

No. You don’t have to apply. Like all these things, there are always companies that will claim for you for a fee.

See:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61592496

The discount will be made automatically by your energy supplier. There is no need to apply.

Also: your council website should tell you about the Council Tax rebate. For us, if you pay by direct debit, that will be adjusted. If you pay otherwise, you will get a refund that you can pay in at the Post Office (other councils may vary their method).

[carl_w]

Plus, why would Ofgem/HMRC have your e-mail address? Even if you've gone full electronic notifications with HMRC all they ever e-mail you is that you have a new notice and should log in to the portal.

[BoRED S2upid]

Definitely a scam.

[mikef]

Mercdriver said:

You have to apply for energy bill rebate before June 01 2022

OP, can you spot anything suspicious there?

[Mercdriver]

That is why I posted on here!

[bitchstewie]

It's a scam.

Poor grammar plus they wouldn't have your email address.

Suspect if you look at the email address it's actually come from it'll be obviously fake.

[mikef]

Mercdriver said:

That is why I posted on here!

Because the date is written is US format, not British; well spotted

[Pica-Pica]

mikef said:

Mercdriver said:

That is why I posted on here!

Because the date is written is US format, not British; well spotted

An irritation to me. To avoid this, as an international company, we used the ISO format so: 20220601
I still use that in file names, easier to arrange by date then.

[carl_w]

Pica-Pica said:

An irritation to me. To avoid this, as an international company, we used the ISO format so: 20220601
I still use that in file names, easier to arrange by date then.

Same here. It's the most logical format.

[xeny]

Isn’t ISO format 2022-06-01 ?

See https://xkcd.com/1179/ for other date formats not to use.

[Mercdriver]

Just because it is American does not mean it is better! The Americans try to give impression that they are the best, but they are not