Last week HMRC picked up a new VAT email scam associated with a QR code. HMRC has posted about this on its social and digital media channels to issue a warning. Essentially HMRC became aware of a small number of cases where the paper bank details variations form (VAT484) has been wrongly used in an attempt to gain access to a business’s VAT repayments.
According to HMRC, action is being taken to address any cases identified to date, including writing to businesses to confirm changes made to their details since January 2024, and putting in place solutions to minimise any further instances. The warnings issued last week are available here:-
Anyone receiving any type of phishing attempt should report this to HMRC.