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HMRC Tax Scammers
HMRC responded to 207,800 referrals from the public of suspicious contact in the past year to January and with the deadline for tax returns behind us, criminals will now try to trick people with fake offers of tax rebates. Scammers will attempt to dupe people by email, phone or texts that mimic government messages to make them appear authentic.
Don’t rush into anything, take your time and check HMRC scams advice on GOV.UK.
HMRC will not email, text or phone a customer to tell them that they are due a refund or ask them to request a refund. Customers receive repayments into their chosen bank account, and can see any transactions in their online HMRC account and in the HMRC app.
Customers can help fight phishing scams by reporting any suspicious communications to HMRC:
· forward emails to phishing@hmrc.gov.uk
· report tax scam phone calls to HMRC on GOV.UK
· forward suspicious texts claiming to be from HMRC to 60599
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