' Fraudsters will call your landline claiming to be from reputable organisations such as HMRC. Head of Action Fraud, Pauline Smith, said: 'If you receive a suspicious call to your landline from someone purporting to be from HMRC which threatens legal action, to put you in jail, or payment using vouchers: hang up and report it to HMRC who can work to take them off the network.' 'We have taken major steps to crack down on text and email phishing scams leaving fraudsters no choice but to try and con taxpayers over the phone.' HMRC received more than 60,000 reports of phone scams in the six months up to January 2019 (an increase of 360% when compared with the previous six months).įinancial Secretary to the Treasury, Mel Stride MP, said: According to Ofcom, nearly 26 million homes have a landline, many of which could be at risk from scams, especially if they are not ex-directory.įraudsters often target the elderly and vulnerable using HMRC name as it is well known and adds credibility to a call.
These calls are often made to landline numbers. Over recent years HMRC has increasingly cracked down on email and SMS phishing, and a number of criminals are turning to cold-calling publicly available phone numbers to steal money from taxpayers.
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