DVLA RFL licence refund scam. Watch out.
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Guys, received an email during the night from supposedly the DVLA inviting me to claim my RFL back. As coincidence would have it we did actually swap cars last week and sent the slip off to DVLA to do this..........so it almost got me, apart from the crap spelling and grammar in the message.
A quick google reveals it's a new scam that only started yesterday.
Beware!!
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Feb
19
2015
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DVLA You are eligible to receive a tax disc refund - phishing
You are eligible to receive a tax disc refund pretending to come from DVLA <refund@directdvla.co.uk> is a brand new phishing attempt to steal your Personal information, driving licence details and your Bank details. I have never previously seen one of these and definitely have never seen any phishing attempt that asks you to scan/photograph your driving licence and upload a copy of that. This one wants your personal details, A copy of your driving licence to be uploaded and bank details. Many phishes are also designed to specifically steal your email, facebook and other social network log in details as well. Please read our How to protect yourselves page for simple, sensible advice on how to avoid being infected by this sort of socially engineered malware. The original email looks like this It will NEVER be a genuine email from DVLA or any other Government department or agency or any other company so don’t ever click the link in the email. If you do it will lead you to a website that looks at first glance like the genuine DVLA website but you can clearly see in the address bar, that it is fake. Some versions of similar phishes will ask you fill in the html ( webpage) form that comes attached to the email. The link in the email, although looking like a genuine link
A quick google reveals it's a new scam that only started yesterday.
Beware!!
.....................................................................................
Feb
19
2015
.
DVLA You are eligible to receive a tax disc refund - phishing
You are eligible to receive a tax disc refund pretending to come from DVLA <refund@directdvla.co.uk> is a brand new phishing attempt to steal your Personal information, driving licence details and your Bank details. I have never previously seen one of these and definitely have never seen any phishing attempt that asks you to scan/photograph your driving licence and upload a copy of that. This one wants your personal details, A copy of your driving licence to be uploaded and bank details. Many phishes are also designed to specifically steal your email, facebook and other social network log in details as well. Please read our How to protect yourselves page for simple, sensible advice on how to avoid being infected by this sort of socially engineered malware. The original email looks like this It will NEVER be a genuine email from DVLA or any other Government department or agency or any other company so don’t ever click the link in the email. If you do it will lead you to a website that looks at first glance like the genuine DVLA website but you can clearly see in the address bar, that it is fake. Some versions of similar phishes will ask you fill in the html ( webpage) form that comes attached to the email. The link in the email, although looking like a genuine link
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