HMRC has warned about a fake social media account set up on social media, imitating its genuine customer service support account.

People often message the authentic ‘@HMRCcustomers’ account to ask questions about their self assesment or other tax issues.

But fraudsters have created a bogus account on social media platform X, with the handle ‘@HMRCcustomrs’ and have been replying to people trying to contact the tax authority, in a ruse to get them to contact the scammers instead.

Scammers often…