Scam Alert

[Jack Kada]

If you receive a very official letter purporting to be about "publication of companies and VAT Registration Numbers in the UK Corporate Portal 2015" asking for info, DO NOT under any circumstance complete and return it. Looks official but the next thing you'll get is a bill for £797. I'd post up a pic but I don't have permissions.

Thanks for this - Looks like I got one like this today but not at home so could not double check. That letter looks mighty similar to what HMRC etc would send .....

Remarkable that once signed up its 800 quid a year .... For life ....

[xoggoth]

That certainly looks official. An "EU economic package" and a scam are hard to tell apart.

[NotAllThere]

In Switzerland, the royalties collection organisation work the scam in the other way. They send you a form that looks like it's a dubious Spanish lottery win, and then, when you bin it, they collect the 100 Franc fine mandated by law.

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

So you got caught, Alan?

Not at all. Although it nearly sneaked past admin. I saw it and it just didn't look right. As you can imagine I see a lot of letters from government departments and this looked wrong immediately. And when you read it, and specifically the small print, it becomes clear what it is. It might be less clear to others.

[BolshieBastard]

If you receive a very official letter purporting to be about "publication of companies and VAT Registration Numbers in the UK Corporate Portal 2015" asking for info, DO NOT under any circumstance complete and return it. Looks official but the next thing you'll get is a bill for £797. I'd post up a pic but I don't have permissions.

So you got caught, Alan?

[PeterF]

Thanks for this - well timed, got one in the post this morn!

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

Cheer for posting pics. Don't know if it was a lack of permission or brains :-)

We received 40 or so this morning - managed to fool our Administrator who thought it was from some government department.

[mudskipper]

Cheers for the heads up.
Got one of them last year. Didn't notice the invoice bit, but binned it anyway.

[stek]

Damn! That's my current Plan B out of the bag......

[NotAllThere]

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

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[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

If you receive a very official letter purporting to be about "publication of companies and VAT Registration Numbers in the UK Corporate Portal 2015" asking for info, DO NOT under any circumstance complete and return it. Looks official but the next thing you'll get is a bill for £797. I'd post up a pic but I don't have permissions.