Beware Fraudulent Emails from HMRC

Please be aware of fraudulent emails purporting to be from HMRC. The fraudulent emails usually inform recipients that they are due a tax rebate and provide a click-through link to a replica of the HMRC website.

These are not genuine HMRC messages and should be disregarded. It is part of a ‘phishing’ exercise that uses bogus e-mails and websites to trick taxpayers into supplying confidential or personal information. The ‘phishing’ emails are being sent from inside the UK and around the world. The emails often start with phrases which alert taxpayers to the fact that they are due a refund of tax.

Phishing is one way that cybercriminals can use your details to create false bank accounts, tax accounts, loans and credit card applications. This is a growing problem for anyone using online reporting facilities and we all need to be vigilant.

In a recent press release HMRC have stated that ‘We currently only ever contact customers who are due a tax refund in writing by post. We don’t use telephone calls, emails or external companies in these circumstances. If anyone receives an email claiming to be from HMRC, please send it to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk before deleting it permanently’.

If you are unsure as to the authenticity of any email purporting to be from HMRC you should avoid clicking on any links until satisfied that the email is legitimate.  You may always contact us at Taxing Nannies at if you are unsure as to the legitimacy of an email.

Contact us for more information at post@taxingnannies or call us on 020 8882 6847.