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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
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Dion Dassanayake & Alexander Smail

Urgent scam warning as fraudsters impersonate government to steal money

An urgent warning has been issued by the UK's national fraud and cyber reporting centre regarding a dangerous new scam.

Action Fraud has revealed that it has gotten hundreds of complaints about a fraudulent email purporting to be from HMRC.

The message tells victims that they are due money from the UK Government department as a result of an overpayment.

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