Collaborate Disseminate
‘Tis the season for tax scams here in the UK, and it’s no surprise to learn that scammers are spamming out fraudulent messages posing as HMRC.
Thankfully, at least some accountants are warning their clients about the danger of falling for a phish. Continue reading Beware scammy SMS messages claiming to come from HMRC
Everyone loves a tax refund – just don’t get so excited that you forget to check for telltale signs of a scam. Continue reading SMS tax scam unmasked: Bogus but believable – don’t fall for it!
Governments across the globe have been struggling to block the ongoing fraud attempts and attacks that have proliferated amid the coronavirus lockdown. According to official data, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has formally asked UK Int… Continue reading HMRC Removes 292 COVID-19 Phishing Websites in Less Than 2 Months
I was sent the details of a very interesting and extremely well done phishing scam, that pretends to be a Council Tax refund. The scammers have chosen an extremely good domain name to perform the scam & copied almost exactly the genuine Gov.uk si… Continue reading Fake Council Tax refund phishing scam
The biometric voice data had been collected without explicit consent from people calling the HMRC’s telephone hotline for advice.
Continue reading HMRC to finally erase five million voice records it collected without permission
I am having difficulty working out what is happening with this malware. The details about it were uploaded via our submissions system yesterday afternoon when I was out for a medical appointment. I don’t have a copy of the original email, only th… Continue reading Fake HMRC submission email delivers some sort of malware
The UK tax authority continues to store a huge database of millions of voice IDs which were collected without permission.
Continue reading Thousands of taxpayers tell HMRC to delete voiceprint data it stored without consent
This example is today’s latest spoof or imitation of a well-known company, bank or public authority delivering Trickbot banking Trojan. The email saying you owe £11,612.91 with the subject of “Important : Outstanding Amount” pretends to com… Continue reading Trickbot via Fake HMRC Important : Outstanding Amount – You Owe £11,612.91
This example is an email containing the subject of “Month End Report Sep 2018.xls ” pretending to come from HMRC but actually coming from “Brenda.Kimbell@hrmc-reports.co.uk” which is a look-a-like, typo-squatted or other domain… Continue reading trickbot via Fake HMRC “Month End Report Sep 2018.xls ” email
After a short break for about 1 week, we are seeing Trickbot hitting the UK again this morning with its usual massive malspam campaign. This example is an email containing the subject of “Company tax credits ” pretending to come from HMRC … Continue reading Fake HMRC Company tax credits email delivers Trickbot