Security News > 2020 > November > HMRC smishing tax scam targets UK banking customers

The smishing campaign is concerning as it employs multiple HMRC phishing domains and tactics, with new domains added every day as older ones get flagged by spam filters.

Not only do the phishing pages mimic HMRC's web interface meticulously, but they also have entire online banking workflows built into them, depending on who your banking provider is.

Targets online banking customers, based on the sort code.

These online banking lookalikes further collect user's banking credentials, memorable words, 2-factor codes, etc.

BleepingComputer discovered, the campaign has entire sets of phishing sites mirrored from real websites of prominent UK high street banks to target their customers.

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