A Tax Consultant for All Seasons

Now there are even more scams out there pretending to be the IRS and trying to get your rebate. On the local news last night, a woman in our area had fallen victim to an email scam. It pretended to be from the IRS and sent her to a website that look very much like the IRS home page. The email asked for a lot personal information including Social Security Number, debit card info, even mother’s maiden name.

The IRS won’t ask you your SSN, they already know it! Plus the IRS does not use emails to communicate. Most often they communicate thru the mail and will sometimes call if you are delinquent on paying your taxes. If someone calls and says they are from the IRS and begins asking you personal information, and you are unsure the person is who they say they are, ask for a call back number and then call them or ask them for some type of verification.  If you are directed to a website, be sure it is irs.gov, not org or com or anything else.

For more information on scams both by phone and email, follow the link to the IRS website.

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