According to MSN Money, there are reports coming in from around the country about fraudsters posing on the telephone and on the doorstep as council tax officials. They are then fooling people into believing they have either underpaid or are due a refund to get them to part with sensitive personal and banking details. This reprehensible practice is now happening across the nation.

There are many variations but in the end the aim is for the target to part with their details. Some say they will get you a refund or you are due one. Others that you must pay now in order to avoid a fine. Other approaches have been made by E-Mail with the same aims in mind. …read more