In a panic over this Sheriff's letter!

500 quid?

Tell them to get ****ed.

Coincidently I got the email below this afternoon from the Bailiff Service of Ireland.

"Despite a reminder letter and a reminder letter for the reminder procedure, you have unfortunately not paid the outstanding invoice. In a formal notice procedure (according to Enforcement of Law (Occasional Powers) Act, 1924), we have obtained an enforceable title against you from the competent court.

That is why the bailiff will visit you on February 6, 2023 to inventory your valuables. We have also obtained a search warrant from the court in your area

If you are not present on the specified date for no reason, a locksmith will be called in. We will charge you for the additional costs. If you object, the bailiff will call the police for support in making an inventory.

The only way to avert this measure is to transfer the outstanding amount of 231.39 euros immediately to our finance department!

Account holder: Bailiff Service Ireland

IBAN: IE89 PFSR 9910 7015 4826 60

BIC/SWIFT: PFSRIE21

Payment reference:

Amount: 231.39 euros

IF YOU HAVE TRANSFERRED THE OPEN AMOUNT PLEASE LET US KNOW BY EMAIL. WE CAN THEN IMMEDIATELY ADJUST THIS IN OUR SYSTEM."

As far as I know I don't owe anything and definitely have no recollection of ever getting letters or emails previously.

Seems more like a scam to me

I'm aware of that. I meant Revenue.

Apparently 500 quid attracts more punitive treatment than 500,000. Or 50 million.

Tell. Them. To. Get. ****ed.

Got that too. Same amount. They're getting sharper and sharper these scammers......

That is a scam.

OP they are more interested in it getting cash than goods so if you pay €100 on Tuesday and agree to clear the balance over an agreed period you should be ok.

Make it your priority for Tuesday am.

Its in this thread because the OP said he got notification effectively stating that the Sheriffs office( the Bailiffs) were going to do the exact same thing that they threatened me.

I would imagine that the Sherriffs office will not go to a "seize" situation without a lot of correspondence .

That won’t end well. Bad idea

A representative from Revenue is working after hours, on the Friday before a long weekend ???

Check the exact email address from which you are receiving correspondence.

Checking the email address won't do anything. It's trivial to fake the visible address.

However, the OP was the one who initiated the email contact. It seems very unlikely to be a scam, assuming the basic minimum of due diligience on OP's behalf

I imagine you are. However, 'scams' can be fed inside info and therefore look and feel 90% true. Its not unheard of for leaks to have occurred in Revenue by any means. Or Sheriffs, County Registrars or DPPs. But on the balance of probability, unlikely. It depends on the stupidity of the insider rather than the victim, as the insiders invariably get caught and are often being leaned on. But once the detail is bang on, the victim is snared.

Looks like a scam. Revenue will just reduce tax credits for small (~2000) amounts. The sortcode 99-10-70 is for a prepaid credit card company.

The account details were posted by someone completely unrelated to the OP. It has nothing to do with the original poster

There are no official state “bailiffs”in this country

and that’s a scam

The Sheriffs office being involved means the issue has passed beyond the Revenue dept. The Sheriffs office has sole responsibility for recovering the debt now, there is no point in contacting revenue and trying to make any other arrangements.

OP, Having had previous experience of having a visiting party arrive to a commercial premises from the Sheriffs office in Dublin, your best bet would be to have all, or at least some of the cash available when they call. They are very insistent and will look to discharge all of the debt on the spot, to the point of occupying your office/home until you can come to an arrangement that they agree to, or else they will seize assets. They are not subtle and they are there to clear the debt with cash, or else take what they reckon will sell for what is owed. The debt will be the sum owed, plus a collection fee.

My advice would be to call them first thing on Tuesday... you might have some time to come to an arrangement yet, but I would not be surprised if they look for total immediate discharge at this stage and they will probably call around to collect it.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that was my experience - the chance to appeal to their very limited better nature, passed when you misunderstood their correspondence.

From the Revenue document "Guidelines for Sheriff Enforcement"

Quote : There are 13 Sheriffs appointed by Government to carry out debt collection for Revenue: 

"The customer must deal directly with the Sheriff in relation to liabilities specified on a warrant." 

That's true, though there are private businesses who work as bailiffs under contract to various public bodies. This crowd are one such firm of bailiffs; https://www.bailiffs.ie/

The email in question didn't come from them though, and is indeed a scam.

If you are PAYE employee. Plenty of people aren't.

Anyone aware of any scams like this recently...? A similar email coming supposedly from the Sheriff's office arrived at our office yesterday. A small sum to be paid (plus a fee of course) but we owe no debt to anywhere, all taxes filed and paid, no letters reminding us of a payment have arrived either prior to this shady looking email. The letter attached looks sort of legit (in a bad photocopy of a letter sort of way) but no details on where the small sum comes from. Plus, I had to chuckle a guy named Con Boothman sent it. Can't be a real person, can it? Sounds like the worst scam artist name ever! The phone number mentioned seems to be the real phone number for the Dublin Sheriff's office but I am still sceptical.

I'd say it's a scam as sheriff unlikely to chase a small amount.

However surprisingly con boothman is indeed the dublin sheriff or works for him.