BEWARE: A VERY realistic Electric Ireland scam is doing the rounds

Most of us have grown up using computers, and so are wise to the many ways in which email scammers can work.

There's the Nigerian prince who wants to use your account to transfer €2,000,000 (seems legit), or even the email from your 'bank' that asks you to re-enter all your card details (sure thing, AIB).

But one email scam doing the rounds today almost had us convinced – and a few others too, by the looks of it.

A number of Twitter users have posted images of an email purporting to be from Irish electricity supplier Electric Ireland, letting the user know a refund is waiting for them.

Unlike many other common phishing emails, this one contains no typos and looks strikingly similar to standard Electric Ireland billing emails. 

Plus, the refund amount (€98.04) is low enough not to arouse suspicion.

Almost credible @ElectricIreland "Refund Notification" spam/phishing emails going around folks. Don't click. pic.twitter.com/aDKWM4EBAA

— Darragh Doyle (@darraghdoyle) November 18, 2015

Scam 'refund' mail purporting to be from Electric Ireland doing rounds. Warn your friends, specially the vulnerable pic.twitter.com/T0l2DU0Ehn

— Conor Pope (@conor_pope) November 18, 2015

Just got a very real looking spam email purporting to be from @ElectricIreland saying I was due a refund. pic.twitter.com/19o4TCgAj9

— Aisling Keenan (@aislingmkeenan) November 18, 2015

A closer look at the email though, reveals that the sender is most definitely NOT Electric Ireland, but instead the email domain "gourmetlearning.com." 

Electric Ireland say they have reported the scam, which reportedly asks users for their bank details and a passport copy, to the Gardaí.