HMRC has issued a scam warning issued as fraudsters have taken to the phone, text, voicemail and email in a bid to steal money under the guise of the tax office. They've issued some examples of the ...

Millions of people who use the self-assessment system to pay income tax are being warned over scammers posing as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The authority says fraudsters have been sending emails ...

The UK’s tax office has warned of a new set of scams designed to trick customers claiming tax credits into handing over their personal and financial information. Currently being phased out in favor of ...

HMRC is urging people to 'stay alert' over tax refund scams. Millions of people who are doing self-assessment tax returns are being warned to watch out for bogus offers after tens of thousands of scam ...

Millions of self assessment taxpayers are being urged by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to watch out for scams that claim to be from the department, promising tax refunds in exchange for private ...

HMRC has issued a warning to those who file Self Assessment tax returns as the annual return deadline of 31 January nears, saying that cyber criminals are taking advantage of its reminder SMS messages ...

This week, we heard the news that HMRC is warning Self Assessment customers to be on their guard after more than 570,000 scams were reported to HMRC last year. The news comes as a wake-up call for ...

On X, HMRC said: "In the last 12 months, we took down more than 29,100 scam websites. Recognising and reporting scams helps ...

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams jumped from 572,029 in the 2019-2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in the 2020-2021 period, an 87% surge, according to statistics obtained by ...

Suspected HMRC-branded phishing scams grew by 87% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official figures obtained by accountancy group Lanop Outsourcing following a Freedom of Information (FoI) ...