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Check whether an invoice, payment change or HMRC message is a scam
An email says a supplier's bank details have changed, or a text claims HMRC owes you a refund. Get a calm check of the warning signs and what to do next, before any money moves.
The problem
Scams look official and arrive when you're busy. Paying a fake invoice or changing bank details on a forged email can cost you money you won't get back.
The outcome
An email says a supplier's bank details have changed, or a text claims HMRC owes you a refund. Get a calm check of the warning signs and what to do next, before any money moves.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me check whether this message is a scam. Who it claims to be from: [supplier, HMRC, bank, delivery company] How it arrived: [email, text, phone, letter] The message: [paste the text; don't click any links]
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A short example
An email says a supplier's bank details have changed, or a text claims HMRC owes you a refund. Get a calm check of the warning signs and what to do next, before any money moves.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me check whether this message is a scam. Who it claims to be from: [supplier, HMRC, bank, delivery company] How it arrived: [email, text, phone, letter] The message: [paste the text; don't click any links]
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A short example
An email says a supplier's bank details have changed, or a text claims HMRC owes you a refund. Get a calm check of the warning signs and what to do next, before any money moves.
You paste the message (without clicking any links) and say who it claims to be from.
The assistant asks how it arrived and whether you were expecting it.
You get the warning signs it shows, what to check through a known contact, and how to report it on GOV.UK.
What happens
Use Gemini to check whether an invoice, payment change or HMRC message is a scam
An email says a supplier's bank details have changed, or a text claims HMRC owes you a refund. Get a calm check of the warning signs and what to do next, before any money moves.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
- Gemini — required. Drafts from the text you paste. Nothing is sent.