Tax rebate scam emails and texts
28 Jun 2022
Colleagues have recently reported receiving emails that appear to be from HMRC about working from home tax rebate.
Here is HMRC advice to customers:
- recognise the signs - genuine organisations like banks and HMRC will never contact you out of the blue to ask for your PIN, password or bank details
- stay safe - do not give out private information, reply to text messages, download attachments or click on links in emails you weren’t expecting
- take action - forward suspicious emails claiming to be from HMRC to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and texts to 60599, or contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 to report any suspicious calls or use its online fraud reporting tool
- check GOV.UK for information on how to avoid and report scams and recognise genuine HMRC contact
- if you think you have received an HMRC-related phishing/bogus email or text message, you can check it against the examples shown in this guide
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Last updated: 28 Jun 2022