New students starting university this year could be the likely targets of a fresh wave of tax scams, HMRC has warned.

HMRC is writing to UK universities advising them to warn new students about tax scams sent by fraudsters to steal students’ money and personal details.

Over 620,000 tax-related email scams were reported to HMRC last year – up by 20,000 on the previous year – including thousands of reports the department received about scam emails targeting students.

HMRC wants to ensure all students new to university this year are cyber aware for when repeat attacks hit their inboxes.

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