The other scam that has been reported to us is a request for registration details, an example being:
From: HMRC Employer Alerts & Registrations [mailto:employers@alerts.hmrc.gov.uk] Sent: To: Subject: HMRC Employer Alerts & Verification
Thank you for your registration details which have been recorded for email alerts purposes only.
We expect to send you three email alerts a year - February, May and December. These will give you the links to the latest Employer Bulletin and HMRC PAYE Tools (previously the Employer CD-ROM).HMRC may also issue other messages throughout the year.
Please complete all relevant sections of the attached application form and attach the appropriate documents to confirm your identity.
Reply to this email as this mailbox is monitored for incoming mail.
As a reminder to help you stay safe online, HMRC recommends the following:
Check the advice published at www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/index.htm where they can see if the email received is listed Forward suspicious emails to HMRC at phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and then delete it from your computer/mail account Do not click on websites or links contained in suspicious emails or open attachments Follow advice from www.getsafeonline.co.uk Anyone who has answered one of these emails should forward the email and disclosed details to security.custcon@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk . If you have reason to believe that you have been the victim of an email scam, report the matter to your bank/card issuer as soon as possible. If in doubt please check with HMRC at HMRC fraud attempts .
HMRC piloting improved digital services
12 February 2014
Following HMRC’s Digital Strategy published in December 2012, HMRC is launching pilots for 3 new digital services. These will be tested with a small number of customers from February 2014.
The new services are:
Digital Self Assessment – An improved service for Self Assessment customers which will mean you can opt to receive email alerts and view messages from HMRC online through a secure, personalised portal PAYE for Employees – A new digital service that will mean Pay As You Earn customers can tell HMRC about changes affecting your tax code online for the first time
CIPP Policy News Journal
16/04/2014, Page 175 of 519
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