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Fraud and scam emails or letters claiming to be from HM Treasury

Recent scam correspondence have cited HM Treasury or claimed to be working on behalf of the HM Treasury. 

Mass-marketing fraud, when you receive uninvited contact by email, phone or letter to con you out of money, is a multi-million pound industry and new scams are emerging all the time.

Fraudsters often use the names of genuine people and organisations to make their deceptions seem more credible. Recent examples of scam correspondence have cited HM Treasury or Cabinet Office ministers or have claimed to be working on behalf of the HM Treasury.

HM Treasury and its agencies will never contact you asking for money or personal details.

Find out more about types of fraud and what to do if you think you may have been a victim of fraud

There are also a number of scams from people claiming to work on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs. For further information please visit the HMRC website.

Channel website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

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