# British Gas warning over ‘£22 refunds’ message to households

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/british-gas-warning-over-22-refunds-message-to-households/
- Published: 2026-11-04T14:35:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T17:41:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263263/british-gas-warning-refunds-message
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- A fake British Gas email offers a £22.45 refund.
- Its link leads to a site seeking personal details.
- Which? warns scammers are also exploiting energy support news.

## Summary

A phishing email pretending to be from British Gas claims households can claim an account-credit refund. Recipients are urged not to click its link, which leads to a fake site designed to steal personal details.

An example shared by Which? says the recipient has £22.45 to claim. British Gas says genuine account emails include the customer’s name and reference number and come from its listed addresses or domains; it will not email from public services such as Gmail or Yahoo. Suspicious emails can be forwarded to report@phishing.gov.uk, and fake websites reported to the National Cyber Security Centre. Which? also warns that scammers are exploiting news of a £100 government Household Energy Payment for 20 million eligible households in council tax bands A to D.

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