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Fake Refund Notification Tries to Steal Personal Info

Fake Refund Notification Tries to Steal Personal Info

August 30, 2014

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A phishing attempt directed at citizens in the United Kingdom masquerades as a tax refund notification that needs to be paid to the recipient; scammers seek info that can lead to compromising victims bank account.The reason for not transferring the money directly into the bank account is that the information provided by the user was inaccurate.The amount of money to be returned is about 100 ($166 / 126).Christopher Boyd of Malwarebytes reports that in other examples of such…