Tax season may be at an end for most taxpayers, but scammers aren’t letting up. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently warned taxpayers and tax professionals about a new IRS impersonation scam email. The email subject line may vary, but according to the IRS, recent examples use phrases like “Automatic Income Tax Reminder” or “Electronic Tax Return…
With the ink barely dry on tax returns, scammers are already reaching out to taxpayers.
This has been the busiest tax season that I can remember. The phone has not stopped ringing, the emails have not stopped coming and I have been speaking and interviewing nonstop. At this point, I think even I am sick of myself. Fortunately, tax season proper comes just once a year and there’s just a…
It’s that time of year again… The one when the crazies come out and try to steal your personal information or infect your computer or some other such nonsense by sending fake e-mails purporting to be from the IRS. There are a bunch of these e-mails floating around right now. The most recent ones have…
I’ve received a couple of emails about problems with subscribing to taxgirl via email. I’ve checked into it and it appears that some folks aren’t verifying their subscriptions after they subscribe. My guess is that some of the verification links are getting gobbled up by spam filters. If you haven’t received a verification link, you…
It’s a chilly Sunday morning here in Philadelphia. I thought a bit of housekeeping might be in order, so I’m opening up the ol’ taxgirl (e)mailbag. I have a bunch of non-technical tax questions that were submitted as “ask the taxgirl” questions but I thought it made more sense to answer them in one big…
By now, you have to have received one of the scam emails purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the subject line: “Notice of Underreported Income.” I’ve received 59 of them just since September 18, 2009. Persistent little spammers. But if you’re smart or if you follow me on Twitter (not that…
I always appreciate your feedback – it’s good to know what you think I’m doing wrong (so that I can fix it) and what you think I’m doing right (so that I can do more of it). A reader recently suggested that I tweak the subject lines of the emails in my feed to make…
I just received the following email with the header “Get Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now!” in my email today: After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $135.50. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9…
Okay, maybe they do care (maybe a little), but they certainly aren’t going to pay you for your opinion. The IRS is warning about a new phishing scam involving an email to taxpayers purporting to issue a tax credit in the amount of $80 in exchange for completing an online survey. It’s not going to…