The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an urgent scam warning to everybody with a National Insurance number.
Every UK resident receives a National Insurance (NI) number prior to their 16th birthday if their parents or carers receive Child Benefit for their care. This number is used to identify them on government systems by HMRC and the DWP.
The DWP has now urged the public to take care not to give away personal information that could see criminals steal money from them. As reported by the Daily Record, NI scams last year saw tens of thousands of reports to the fraud prevention service Action Fraud.
