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Bromley Neighbourhood Watch Association mailing
service.
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contact us, e-mail:
Dear Coordinator,
Reports are coming through from residents saying that they
are being contacted by people claiming to be from HMRC collecting debts. These
people claim that you owe them money and you need to pay right away to avoid
being arrested and a costly court case.
It seems that
they are now trying to convince people that the debt can be paid off if you
spend a large amount of money on itunes vouchers to give to them. This has
happened a couple of times recently and in one instance they convinced someone
to buy £1000 worth of vouchers to pass onto them.
This is a
SCAM.
HMRC will
never contact you by telephone for payment.
If there are
any monies owed HMRC will first send to you a letter. These scammers have been
trying to convince people that they have sent a letter but it been returned to
them or lost in the post.
HMRC or any
other government organisation will NOT ask you to provide any form of payment to
them in the guise of any type of vouchers.
If you
receive one of these ‘phone calls please call police on
101
Please spread
the word about this scam, make people aware and pass on to anyone that you think
may benefit, particularly the elderly and
vulnerable.
Kind regards,
Bromley Neighbourhood Watch Association
Find us on the Web at: www.bnwa.co.uk
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