Tax season is scam season! Posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), scammers are making up tens of thousands of excuses to get in touch with you, in order to steal your money and personal information. Anyone can fall victim: make sure you’re able to spot these tax scams!
Popular Tax Scams 2022
These are the top tax scams to watch out for this tax season.
1. Tax Refund Scams
Scammers are wasting no time in launching fake tax refund websites to exploit people. They have created copycat websites that look similar to legitimate government websites. In the first 3 months of 2022, we have already detected over 135,842 bogus websites. Below is an example:
To get you on these scam websites, scammers will send you text messages or emails that instruct you to file your taxes, claim refunds, or complete other tasks via the attached links. Once you’re on these fake IRS pages, you will run the risk of exposing personal details such as your home address, date of birth, and Individual Tax ID Number (ITIN).
Example Text: (irs):recently, we found that you haven’t fulfilled your latest tax deductions. Visit hxxps://resolve-irs[.]com/forms to fulfill.
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