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.
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Report a suspicious HMRC phone call
Use the online form to tell HMRC if you’ve received a phone call you do not think is genuine. You’ll need to give your email address.
We may share your email address and phone number with other organisations to close down the scam.
Forward suspicious emails to HMRC’s phishing team: phishing@hmrc.gov.uk
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.
We may share your email address and phone number with other organisations to close down the scam.
Suspicious social media accounts
Report suspicious HMRC-related social media accounts and messages to HMRC’s security team: security.custcon@hmrc.gov.uk
HMRC will never use social media to offer a tax rebate or ask for personal or payment information.
We may share your email address and phone number with other organisations to close down the scam.
Suspicious text messages
Forward suspicious text messages to 60599. Text messages will be charged at your network rate.
HMRC will never send notifications of a tax rebate or ask you to disclose personal or payment information by text message.
We may share your email address and phone number with other organisations to close down the scam.