Taxpayers have been urged to be cautious of refund scams as the 31 January tax return deadline draws closer. Taxpayers reported 144,298 scam referrals to HMRC in the last year, according to Government figures. Nearly half (71,832) of the scams were fake self-assessme...
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Visit our friends at Take Five for more straightforward scam advice or HMRC’s website to see examples of suspicious emails, calls and texts. If you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, report it right away to your bank and also contact Action Fraud. Remember, you can call 159 to get...
which I did. I then filled out my application for a tax refund. So when the same place sent me the following message, I wouldn't have been suspicious had I not yesterday morning received a letter about the refund from HMRC:You have an outstanding refund of £265.84 from HMRC. Use our...
HMRC scam warning - these are the ways you can protect yourself; The gov.uk website has released a fresh list of ways the HMRC could contact people after the latest round of fake scams The recorded female voice, which has been sent out countless times and sometimes several times a day to...
These generally appear to be legitimate web sites which have been compromised by the attackers in order to host the phishing scam. Visiting one of the links presents a genuine looking, but spoofed HMRC page, which is asking for personal details including telephone banking pin number: ...
“If someone calls, emails or texts claiming to be from HMRC, offering financial help or asking for money, it might be a scam. Please take a moment to think before parting with any private information or money.” Pauline Smith, head of Action Fraud, said: “Criminals are experts at i...
The present study utilised videos where Internet trolls engage with HMRC/IRS scammers, who attempted to delay scammers and protect victims, to investigate the stages involved with this scam using crime script analysis. The findings of this study potentially highlight that such fraudulent operations ...
Scam phone recording impersonating HMRC On BBC's money box programme on Feb 10th, they played a recording the presenter received from a fraudster reporting to be from HMRC. The phone call was very hostile and even threatens your house. HMRC also came on to give some advice and said; "...
The agency further said that previously too several e-mail scams were unleashed that used the name of HMRC but actually all were from phishers. Hence, the recentphishingscam wasn't anything exceptional to HMRC. Thus HMRC advised citizens that if at anytime they received an e-mail that they...