HM Revenue and Customs is warning taxpayers to ignore emails claiming that they are able to receive money back on tax payments.

The UK’s tax authority said that the email, dated 15th June, is not an official communication, but a scam.

The message suggests that its recipients have qualified for a cash payment from HMRC, and is one of a series of scams involving the HMRC name.

Losses from scams in the UK are estimated to total £3.5bn a year.

Earlier this month, HMRC said that a large number of taxpayers had received emails offering tax rebates, but stressed that these emails were scams. The tax authority never sends out offers of a rebate by email, and nor does it ask customers to fill out an online form to receive a tax rebate.

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