The telephone number +447394158603 is being used as bait for a dangerous scam website targeting UK citizens. If you get a text from the phone number +447394158603 do not respond in any way or click on the links.
Text messages have been sent in bulk to UK mobile phone numbers. These scam messages include a message that the recipient has paid too much tax for the year 2018-19. This is not a communication from HMRC. A genuine communication from HMRC would be sent by post rather than text. The text below, from the number +447394158603 is a scam:
I received a scam text this morning but because you can only report scam texts by forwarding them to a premium number, I can’t report it.
Here’s a screenshot. I trust you’ll forward it to the relevant department… pic.twitter.com/Om1T516CvJ
— The Original Of All Killa Muffin (@EmilioSnazz) October 15, 2020
What website does the Text Link to?
The full link is as follows:
https://www.tax-service.co.uk-form7r3p.info/hmrc?h=2
The part in red is actually the subdomain of the website form7r3p.info. This website was registered on the 14th October 2020. No doubt anyone who clicks on the link would be taken to a site designed to look like the actual HMRC website. Any details that are shared on this website could be used for the purposes of fraud.
If you receive this text from the number +447394158603 the. report to HMRC by emailing phishing@hmrc.gov.uk