- Scammers often target victims by posing as IRS agents and threatening them with jail time.
- Unsolicited calls, texts, or emails from someone claiming to be with the IRS are immediate red flags.
- Knowing the warning signs ahead of time can help you avoid being the victim of an IRS scam.
- See Personal Finance Insider’s picks for the best tax software.
Tax season is here, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning Americans that scams are on the rise. You may think you would never fall for one, but the reality is that more than 59 million Americans lost money in a phone scam in 2021.
Steve Weisman, an attorney who operates the blog Scamicide, says scammers often target victims by posing as IRS agents. “Scammers can use a technique called ‘spoofing’ to manipulate your…
