Examples of HMRC related phishing emails and bogus contact

HMRC guidance has been updated to identify examples of HMRC related phishing emails and bogus contact.

Find out about websites, emails, letters, text messages and phone calls used by scammers and fraudsters to get your personal information 

Use these examples to help decide if contact from HMRC is genuine. The examples show you the different methods fraudsters use to get you to disclose your personal information.

You can also read about how to recognise genuine contact from HMRC, and how to tell when an email is phishing or bogus.