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What If The Call Is Coming From Inside The House?

What If The Call Is Coming From Inside The House?

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 22, 2021August 2, 2021

At the climax of the 1979 film, “When A Stranger Calls,” the family babysitter, played by Carol Kane, is advised by the police that the

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Tax Professionals Targeted In Latest Bogus IRS Email Scam

Kelly Phillips ErbFebruary 23, 2015

It turns out that scammers aren’t just targeting taxpayers: tax professionals are on their radars, too. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has warned tax professionals

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IRS Targets Bogus Tax Refunds & Unscrupulous Tax Preparers

Kelly Phillips ErbApril 22, 2012June 9, 2020

Claiming bogus tax refunds can be easy. After all, nobody’s looking, right? Wrong. The IRS is cracking down on tax evasion by targeting unscrupulous tax

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IRS Reports Increase In Tax Scams

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 16, 2011

There is no such thing as free money. Let’s just go ahead and get that out of the way first thing. Our Treasury does not

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Tax Scams Still Rampant

Kelly Phillips ErbMarch 28, 2011

With just a few weeks to go before Tax Day, it seems that tax scams aren’t slowing down. A Jacksonville, FL, news station has reported

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Reminder About Phishing Scams

Kelly Phillips ErbFebruary 28, 2010

As I’ve posted before on taxgirl.com, the IRS does not send unsolicited e-mails to taxpayers. If you receive an e-mail purporting to be from the

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The IRS Won’t Send You Email

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 11, 2006November 14, 2019

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

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