Security News > 2021 > February > SMS tax scam unmasked: Bogus but believable – don’t fall for it!
Every month of the year has some sort of tax relevance somewhere in the world, and tax scamming cybercrooks take advantage of the many different regional tax filing seasons to customise their criminality to where you live.
In the UK, the 2019/2020 tax year ended on 05 April 2020, and the deadline for filing your taxes electronically was 31 January 2021.
With a January filing deadline, it's not surprising for UK tax refund scams to kick in about now.
HMRC] A tax rebate of £278.44 has been issued to you for an over-payment in year 2019/2020.
In this scam, we have to admit that the crooks pulled off a surprisingly believable sequence of web pages - not perfect, but visually believable nevertheless.
Bookmark the official website of your country's tax office and only ever go there using your own link.