Reports of HMRC-branded phishing scams have increased by 87 percent in the past year.
According to data obtained via a Freedom of Information request from accountancy group Lanop Outsourcing, the number of scams increased from 572,029 to 1,069,522 in the financial year April 2020-21.
The figures show that reports of suspected SMS scams jumped 52 percent in the last year, rising from 67,497 to 102,562 attacks.
Email scams were up 109 percent from 301,170 to 630,19...
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