Was the a DCA phishing trip

[postggj]

I have just received a phone call on my mobile asking for me by name.

 

I asked if they can call me on my land line for which they had my land line number.

 

This person confirmed my address and went on to say they were from the DWP stating that a rebate of national insurance £400 cheque had been returned to them

and that they were going to send it out again.

 

Totally unconnected but last week i received a demand of £900 from HMRC ref national insurance contributions as they had me as self employed for some reason

 

He stated that he wanted to send it out again and that i may be due more rebates from 2008,

he then asked for my employment details (why does he not know that)

i aked him to confirm my employeer from 2008,

he declined stating data protection and that he does not have access.

I then asked for the recorded delivery number ,

what he gave me was bogus as the last two numbers end with GB, not numerical. i pointed this out and i was then hung up

 

As alarm bells were ringing, i also asked for his phone number for which he said he could not give it out but gave me the correct details for quarry house LS2 7UA

 

i phoned quarry house and they told me it was a phishing call, the reason being was that quarry house is DWP, national insurance etc is handled by HMRC in a totally different building and has nothing to do with the DWP

 

1/ Only three people have both my mobile and land line number, my brother, the DWP, and Experian (free trial)

 

2/ He knew my name and address, looking back it seems he wanted to confirm my address

 

I have two old accounts which the collection agencies are trying their luck, for which i ignore. DLC AND Motormile

 

I also received an email message from mercantile data bureau this morning using a very old email address asking me to make contact

 

Any suggestions, do you think this is a DCA, [phishing trip}con artist, or the tax man

Edited May 23, 2013 by squaddie

[BazzaS]

"I then asked for the recorded delivery number , what he gave me was bogus as the last two numbers end with GB, not numerical. i pointed this out and i was then hung up

 

As alarm bells were ringing, i also asked for his phone number for which he said he could not give it out but gave me the correct details for quarry house LS2 7UA"

 

a) I've sent Special Delivery items where the tracking number ends "GB", so this (on its own) isn't suspicious, but

 

b) Why would a team phoning you not want to give you their contact details? (Even if it were a general switchboard number with then the team's extension) ?

[dx100uk]

con artist

 

well documented squaddie

 

they get the info from your cra file.

 

dx

[postggj]

The DWP were under that impression, trying to get my bank details.

Do we have any threads on this

[dx100uk]

see the actionfrauduk website

 

lots there

 

dx

[postggj]

"I then asked for the recorded delivery number , what he gave me was bogus as the last two numbers end with GB, not numerical. i pointed this out and i was then hung up

 

As alarm bells were ringing, i also asked for his phone number for which he said he could not give it out but gave me the correct details for quarry house LS2 7UA"

 

a) I've sent Special Delivery items where the tracking number ends "GB", so this (on its own) isn't suspicious, but

 

b) Why would a team phoning you not want to give you their contact details? (Even if it were a general switchboard number with then the team's extension) ?

 

All recordable mail through Royal Mail are numerical and end with GB. I should have been more clear, he gave me just a six digit numerical code

[citizenB]

There was an alert about something similar a few days ago.

[postggj]

any chance of a link please, i received no email, it was by telephone contact

[citizenB]

I will try and find it, squaddie

[citizenB]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/feb/19/revenue-[problem]-emails-tax-refund

 

This one was from February 2013

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/04/09/dont-fall-for-refund-related-email-phishing-scams/

 

This one from April 2013

 

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm

 

This is from HMRC website, which gives some examples.

 

I am still searching for the one I saw recently.

[citizenB]

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/scams-and-rip-offs/scams/21101/beware-[problem]-fake-tax-credit-emails-hmrc-warns

 

This is the one, I think

[postggj]

Thanks, it is appreciated

[citizenB]

[postggj]

The thing is, this was not an email, the guy knew my name , address, land line and mobile number

[dx100uk]

fake hmrc phone call

[postggj]

thats more like it

 

thanks DX