Posted: Thu 5th Oct 2017

Flintshire Trading Standards warning over bogus HMRC phone calls

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Thursday, Oct 5th, 2017

Flintshire Trading Standards have issued a warning about bogus HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) messages being left on answerphones.

The messages purporting to be from the HMRC advise householders government tax collectors are building a fraud case against them.

The message urges them to call back immediately, the telephone number associated with this scam appears to be 0121 284 0625 say trading standards officers.

A spokesperson for Flintshire Trading Standards said:

“The scammers use many different telephone numbers and often change their identity, so you may be contacted by these scammers under a different number.

The HMRC have advised that they do not leave such messages on people’s answerphones.”

If you are contacted by a stranger in any way, telephone, e-mail or post or on social media, and you believe it is a scam you can report it to Trading Standards using telephone number 03454 040506.

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