Police warning after spate of scam phone calls from 'HMRC'

Residents across the Ribble Valley are being asked to beware of bogus calls claiming to be from HMRC.
By Faiza Afzaal
Published 11th Sep 2020, 12:30 GMT
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The warning follows an incident where a police officer witnessed a member of the public receive such a call.

PCSO Mick Kearns-Turner, of Clitheroe Police, took to Facebook to warn people. In a post, he stated: "We have received reports of scam phone calls off people stating they are from HMRC telling them that they owe large amount of money in unpaid taxes and unless they pay it off during the phone call they will issue a high court warrant.

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"Today, I witnessed a member of the public receive such a call. The call did sound very convincing at the start, but when details were questioned how their tone changed, they became very pushy and aggressive. When I came on to the call the caller spoke very quickly then cancelled the call.

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"The call came from a number which is listed as a HMRC number 02079477772, but calls from this number would not show up on caller ID as such.

"If you do receive a call please do not give any details and please hang up and report it to Action Fraud by calling 0300 123 2040."