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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Has anyone on this forum, had a silly phone call from the taxman, about his deductions in salary.
I had a phone from the Inland Revenue on Friday, asking me various questions, and yes it was the taxman, as l had to call them back on the number on the tax letter, They asked me silly questions, like, what is your fav colour, what was you first car, and its colour, they asked me what my first ever wage was, did l know what my stoppages from last last pay packet were.
I have heard of secruity questions, but this is stupid, Has anyone else had this situation.  |
I'd say you've been scammed.
For a start the inland revenue don't (in my experience) call people. They will write to you if they have a problem for any reason.
For a second thing, how on earth would the Inland Revenue know your favourite colour was (unless you had filled it out on a form), and unless they are tied into the DVLA database (which *is* possible but I don't know if they are), they are unlikely to know what your first car was. However, seeing as every adult in this country pays tax to them at some point, but not every adult can drive, they are unlikely to use someone's first car as a security question.
Even if the letter does say the number, please bear in mind that fake HMRC letters are relatively easy to create using a computer, a copy of Word, a laser printer and a little ingenuity..
HMRC have some advice on fraud at
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/fraud-attempts.htm (which is basically don't respond to it). Also, see
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/