HMRC customers are often the target of very convincing scams. From emails and letters to texts and phone calls, fraudsters often instil panic into victims who then hand over anything from personal information to money. In a bid to help combat this, the gov.uk website has published information detailing how to check if a letter received from HMRC is genuine.
The communications you can check include:
- Repayment of Student Loan deductions (letter OCA300)
- Overpaid Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants
- Research about employee experience of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Research about the digitisation of Child Benefit
- Refund of Income Tax changes to your Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant
- Other letters you should check
If you’ve received a letter which isn’t listed above, you can check if it’s genuine on the gov.uk website.
You can also report a suspicious phone call, email or text to HMRC.
If you have a letter received from HMRC and you’re not sure if it’s genuine, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll be more than happy to look into this for you.
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