Am I a possible victim of identity theft (United Kingdom)??? I'm PARANOID
It all started when I applied for a tax refund (I did my SA at a LONDON IB firm), but because I live far away in a non-European nation, I had to nominate a friend in UK to be the recipient of the Tax Refund Cheque (as my "Nominee")—however—HMRC had made a mistake on the cheque, because of which my Nominee couldn't cash the cheque. HMRC promised to re-issue a corrected cheque, but that I would WAIT an extra 6–8 WEEKS for it to be sent.
There was this PhD student in Oxford University—a native of my home country—with whom I discussed the situation with on WHATSAPP. She promised to reach out to some lawyer in her university who does pro bono work for ethnic minority immigrants, and who could perhaps get HMRC to re-issue a corrected cheque with a significantly SHORTENED wait period (instead of the extreme 6–8 weeks I had been told), and perhaps even receive extra monetary compensation for the inconveniences through litigation-ish attempts (HMRC had made several multiple errors corrected over multiple calls ever since I applied for the refund in March).
Long story short—I had sent my P85 PDF & the picture of the cheque in which HMRC made an error to this PhD candidate who promised to put me in touch with a lawyer—and I noticed less that 24 hours later that I HAD BEEN BLOCKED on WHATSAPP.
I don't know whether or not to be paranoid about the fact that she (the Oxford PhD student) has my P85 (& picture of the HMRC cheque containing the error) which contain my sensitive personal information like date of birth, National Insurance Number, past & present addresses (especially my former UK addresses), etc.
Hahahahahahaha
Lmfao she gonna cash out the check you dumbass. Why tf did you trust a rando you met on WhatsApp?
This is just natural selection taking course.
I have no choice but to laugh (OP here)
But for real, my brother in Christ, message her on LinkedIn or something. If she doesn't reply/blocks you, contact the police or email her college at Oxford.
Doubt that person has ever even set foot inside Oxford, to be honest. Sounds like OP got straight-up scammed. There's no way somebody would pull off a move like this after giving someone their actual information (i.e. Oxford PhD student).
That lawyer is for sure a scam. With the level of bureaucracy in the UK there is absolutely zero chance the HMRC will shorten their wait times AND give you compensation on top of it
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