⚠️ Don't get caught out
Millions of Tax Credit claimants are being warned of a number of new scams tricking people into handing over money or personal information.Criminals use deadlines – like the tax credits renewal deadline on 31 July – to target their victims and the department is warning tax credits customers to be alert to scams that mimic government communications to make them appear genuine.
“Search ‘HMRC scams’ advice on GOV.UK to find out how to report scams and help us fight these crimes.”emails or texts claiming an individual’s details aren’t up to date and that they risk losing out on payments that are due to themphone calls threatening arrest if people don’t immediately pay fake tax owedemails or texts offering spurious tax rebates or bogus grants or support