Britain’s tax authority says it has taken down 20,750 malicious sites in the past year

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has requested take-downs of a record number of fake websites – 20,750 in the past 12 months – according to numbers released today (Saturday 30 June). HMRC reckons it has “saved the public over £2.4m by tackling fraudsters that trick the public into using premium rate phone numbers for services that HMRC provide for free”.

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