Taxman email was phishing scam shock

A fraud gang sent out ‘bulk spam emails’ purporting to come from the taxman to  harvest bank account details, a court heard. Marko Martinovic, 23, was allegedly part of the group who sent out emails offering a refund from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The emails attempted to convince the readers to give away their banking details by entering them into a bogus HMRC website, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. Robert Simpson, prosecuting, said: ‘There are a number of co-defendants in…