More scams
According to HMRC there’s no let up in the variety and number of scams being attempted on taxpayers. HMRC does its best to keep track of these and close them down. In fact, it’s just updated its “Phishing and scams” website following a spate of bogus texts sent to child benefit claimants.
Genuine HMRC texts
Whilst HMRC can’t keep tabs on all text scams, it can and does publish a long list of circumstances in which it will contact you by text (see The next step ). Its advice is simple; if you receive a text purporting to come from HMRC about something not on the list then don’t respond to it, instead report it to HMRC.
If you receive a text which appears to come from HMRC about a topic not specifically on its updated list, don’t respond but report it instead.
The next step
HMRC’s information about text scams
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