There has been a huge increase in the number of scam emails claiming to be from HMRC this month and promising a tax refund. The emails all ask you to click through to a website and enter bank and/or credit card details for the repayment to go to. Some request 3 digit security codes from credit cards, as well as your mother’s maiden name.

All this provides fraudsters access to your account and gives them information to sell on to others. Remember the golden rule, ‘If it seems to be too good to be true, it probably is’!

Those wishing to report a phishing email should contact phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, should delete the email and should not click through to the website as requested. There is more information on the HMRC press release.

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