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E-mail Fraudsters –Tax Rebate
You may have heard in the news recently that HMRC are issuing tax refunds and also tax payment requests to individuals. Fraudsters have, for a long time, sent out e-mails that look as though they are coming from HMRC and requesting bank details in order to pay back the money you are owed.
HMRC would never request this information through e-mail. When you receive one like this, it is best to delete the e-mail and do not click on any links attached. Attached are a few examples of the fraudsters pages, they do look very close to HMRC's website but in fact are posing as HMRC.
"Tax rebate"
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) would not inform customers of a tax rebate via e-mail, or invite them to complete an online form to receive a rebate of tax.
Do not visit the website contained within the e-mail or disclose any personal or payment information.
Fraudulent e-mail addresses used to distribute the tax rebate e-mails include:
- refunds@hmrc.gov.uk
- info@hmrc.gov.uk
- attached.form@hmrc.attached.gov.uk
- service@hmrc.gov.uk
- hmrcrefunds@hmrc.gov.uk
- refundsdept@ir-efile.gov.uk
- noreply@notifications.gov.uk
- customers@hmrc.gov.uk
- taxcredits@hmrc.co.uk
- notice-hm@hmrc.gov.uk
- securemail@hmrc.gov.uk
- hmrc@tax-revenue.uk
- tndrftnpcb@aol.com
HMRC does not send out e-mails using these e-mail addresses
