During the last 12 months, HMRC has worked with the phone networks and Ofcom to close nearly 450 lines being used by fraudsters using boiler room tactics to steal money.
If anyone is ever in doubt about who they are speaking to, HMRC advises you end the call and contact the department using one of the numbers or online services available from GOV.UK.
Further Information If you know someone who has a landline, particularly those who may need protecting such as vulnerable relatives and neighbours, HMRC’s advice is: • 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 - don’t 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 and details of suspicious calls to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and texts to 60599. Alternatively, contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or use its online fraud reporting tool, especially if you suffer financial loss • 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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