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<p>HMRC has a dedicated Customer Protection team which targets scams. On iTunes, HMRC
has:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Worked with Apple to introduce warnings on vouchers</p></li><li><p>Joined
up with gov.uk, Action Fraud, & Financial Fraud Action to increase awareness</p></li><li><p>Written
to retailers encouraging staff training around i-tunes scams</p><p> </p><p>To reduce
other scams, HMRC has:</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Worked with the mobile industry, delivering
a 90% reduction in reported abuse of HMRC branded SMS texts</p></li><li><p>Challenged
ownership of misleading domains, and diverted over 2m visits to gov.uk educational
pages</p></li><li><p>Had over 1m visits to gov.uk scam-education pages</p></li><li><p>Requested
removal of over 12,000 malicious websites since April</p></li></ul>
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