Former Tax Pro Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Vote
Crystal Mason admits that she made a mistake. But she couldn’t imagine how that one mistake would lead to another mistake – and an additional five-year prison sentence.
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As TIGTA Continues To Warn On IRS Scams, New Treasury Scams Surface
Over the past two years, nearly 4,550 victims have collectively paid over $23 million to scammers posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials. Since October 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has received reports of roughly 736,000 contacts made to taxpayers demanding that they send them cash via prepaid debit cards. J….
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Top Ten Area Codes Making Spam Calls: Are They Dialing You Up?
Is your phone ringing off the hook with numbers you don’t recognize? Those might be spam calls fishing for personal or financial information: they might even be IRS impersonators. Identity theft is a growing problem these days for taxpayers. The more you know, the more can protect yourself.
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IRS Warns Taxpayers To Be Diligent As Identity Thieves Add New Twist To Phone Scam
If your phone is still ringing with tax scams and IRS impersonations, you’re not alone. J. Russell George, the Inspector General, has referred to these ongoing schemes as “the largest scam of its kind that we have ever seen.” As IRS and TIGTA try to combat the growing problem of identity theft and tax scams, the fraudsters are hoping to stay a few steps ahead. They’re switching up their schemes in an effort to not get caught. Have you read about their latest efforts?
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TIGTA, IRS Warn Phone Scam Continues As Fraudsters Rake In Millions
Five million dollars. That’s how much money the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) estimates that victims have lost to the most recent IRS phone scam. TIGTA has received 90,000 complaints about the scam through its telephone hotline. In March, J. Russell George, the Inspector General called it “the largest scam of its kind…
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Tax Scammers Continue To Dial-Up Trouble For America’s Seniors
Phone ringing off the hook? It could be scammers.
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Shutdown Gives Tax Scammers New Opportunities To Steal
With the IRS shut down, scammers are taking the opportunity to ramp up operations. Here’s what to be on the lookout for…
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IRS Issues List Of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams For 2013
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service issues a list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams that can affect taxpayers. The list runs the gamut from schemes involving taxpayer participation (hiding offshore income) to schemes that taxpayers may know nothing about (identity theft). The IRS posts the list to educate taxpayers about the need to protect financial…
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Tax Scams Making The Rounds Again
Apparently, scammers hope that taxpayers have a short memory. The EFTPS scam that was making the rounds last fall is gaining steam again. This time, the email has been tweaked a little bit to make it look more authentic. The email reads like this: Your Tax payment (ID: 30749894123088), recently from your checking account was canceled…
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More Tax Scams: One From Canada, Eh?
It seems that the spammers, phishers, scammers, and schemers are upping their game these days. In addition to the EFTPS scam making the rounds, I received word that there is a phishing scheme involving the Canada Revenue Agency. The email read: Online Refund Form After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have…