Revenue warns of phishing scam

An email phishing scam is preying on taxpayers by purporting to be from the Revenue Commissioners and offering a €278 tax refund.

Revenue yesterday issued a general warning after the Irish Examiner alerted them to the fraudulent email.

“The Revenue Commissioners have become aware of further fraudulent emails purporting to come from Revenue seeking personal information from taxpayers in connection with a tax refund. These phishing emails are headed ‘Irish Tax and Customs Online Confirmation’ and ‘Irish Tax and Customs Notification’. A link opens up a form seeking personal information.

“These emails did not issue from Revenue. The Revenue Commissioners never send emails requiring customers to send personal information via email or pop-up windows,” the Revenue Commissioners said.

A similar email emerged that was targeting Permanent TSB customers. The scam email purports to be a customer service email looking to safeguard accounts.