HMRC said around half of scam reports in the past year involved fake tax rebate claims. There has been a 16.7% increase in all scam referrals to HMRC, with 144,298 received between November 2023 ...

Deepfake calls are claiming thousands of victims, report finds Up to 10% of spam calls are fraudulent The top scam for ...

Scam calls impersonating HMRC were most prevalent in the last quarter of 2024, according to scam and spam call-blocking ...

Some people have been driven to the brink of bankruptcy by large unexpected tax bills. It's also been linked to 10 suicides.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) claimants may need to keep an eye out on for alerts regarding Child Benefit, with official guidance clarifying that HMRC may send text messages to keep people informed, ...

Three in 10 victims of scams have reported it has damaged their mental health, while one in eight experienced physical ...

John Farrell, from Thorntonhall, breached a Serious Crime Prevention Order which was imposed on him after he was jailed for ...

From deterring doorstep callers to combating loneliness, we share tips on reducing scams risks for older people ...

HMRC scams continue to be the most common in the UK, coming top every quarter in 2024. In the US it was Medicare scams that topped the list. In a harbinger of problems to come, a UCL study from 2023 ...

At the end of last year there has been a 16.7% increase in all scam referrals to HMRC, with 144,298 received between November 2023 and October 2024, up from 123, 596 in the previous 12-month period.

Deepfake calls are claiming thousands of victims, report finds Up to 10% of spam calls are fraudulent The top scam for British victims was fake HMRC calls AI deepfake fraud calls are dominating ...