Revenue warns bank and credit card details of 3,000 online tax accounts may have been scammed

Revenue had issued a warning about the phishing scam earlier this month advising all its 2.6 million account holders it never communicates news of tax refunds by SMS.

Revenue is writing to 3,000 people after identifying that their bank, credit card, and personal online details may have been compromised by scam-artists.

The potential victims were sent an SMS message claiming they were due a tax refund that led to a false myAccount online login page.