All companies in the UK deal with Companies House but there are few charges to pay apart from once yearly records update charges.

An email claims to be from Companies House but is actually from cp-docs. co.uk and says that some charges were missing from last month’s invoice.  A full investigation is taking place to discover the cause of this error and it is expected the missing charges will be on next month’s invoice.

The scammer wants you to click a link which goes to a phishing site and will try to get your login and password details.

You may wonder how a scammer can benefit from knowing your login details at companies House.

The primary reason is to do with identity theft – company directors are a favourite for identity thieves and being able to use your company name to cover illegal activities is highly valuable to fraudsters.

The scam emails look genuine, have the right logo and disclaimer clause and contact details for Companies House.

The messages even contain the same warnings about scam messages as do genuine emails from Companies House.

But these are fake – do not click a link to anything on such an email. Instead, login to your account to check the status and whether you need to take action.

If in doubt – contact Companies House in working hours.

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