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C’mon, the IRS isn’t that internet savvy…

11 July 2006

The IRS will never ask for information from you via an unsolicited email.  Never.  Ever.
It’s important to keep this in mind.  There has been a recent increase in scam emails claiming to be from IRS in an effort to obtain personal and financial information that could be used in identity theft cases.  Many of those [...]

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Tax Schemes to Run Screaming From

17 February 2006

The IRS has recently announced its “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams for 2006, including two new scams.
Be on the lookout for the following, as pulled from the IRS web site:
1. Zero Wages. In this scam, new to the Dirty Dozen, a taxpayer attaches to his or her return either a Form 4852 (Substitute Form W-2) or [...]

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