Report suspicious HMRC emails, texts, social media accounts and phone calls
Contact HMRC to report a suspicious email, social media account, phone call or text message that mentions HMRC.
You can check a list of genuine HMRC contacts to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
We may share your email address and phone number with other organisations to close down scams.
Online
Suspicious phone calls
Use the Report a suspicious HMRC phone call online service to tell HMRC you’ve received a phone call you do not think is genuine. You’ll need to give your email address or sign in to use the service.
Suspicious emails
Forward suspicious emails to HMRC’s phishing team: phishing@hmrc.gov.uk then delete them.
HMRC will only ever email you about a tax rebate or ask for personal or payment information from an email address that ends in hmrc.gov.uk.
Suspicious social media accounts
Email details of suspicious social media accounts to: branddefence@hmrc.gov.uk.
We never use social media to:
- offer a tax rebate
- request personal or financial information
Phone
Suspicious text messages
Forward suspicious text messages to 60599. Text messages will be charged at your network rate.
HMRC will never send a notification of a tax rebate or ask you to disclose personal or payment information by text message.
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The email address to report suspicious HMRC-related social media accounts and messages to has been updated.
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