HMRC warn over fake rebates

posted in Tax by Phillip Harris on 09:01 May 16th, 2018

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HMRC warns over fake tax rebates

HMRC has warned people to be vigilant against scammers stealing details through fake tax rebates. Fraudsters are contacting people via email and text message with "phishing" messages to persuade them to hand over bank details. HMRC received 84,549 phishing reports in March and requested 2,672 such phishing websites be taken down

Source: City AM (10/05/2018)

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