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Special Edition IRS tax advice
2015-18SP
In this edition
IRS urges the
public to be alert for fraudulent calls
The IRS continues to warn
consumers to protect themselves against fraudulent phone calls of thieves
trying to steal their money or identity. Imposters posing as the IRS to trick
victims and get your money or personal information. Here are some tips to
help you avoid becoming a victim of these scams:
- The scammers make unexpected calls. Thieves call taxpayers and tell them to be IRS officials. They
require that the victim pay a bill of false tax. They defraud the victim
demanding to send them cash, usually through a prepaid debit card or
bank transfer. They also leave "urgent" messages returned the phone
call through "robo-calls" (prerecorded voices), or through
emails called phishing.
- Thieves callers try to scare their victims. Many phone scams use threats to intimidate and harass a victim
to pay. They may even threaten to arrest, deport or revoke the license of
their victims if they don´t receive the money.
- Scammers
use a fake ID calls. Scammers often alter the caller ID to make it look
as if the IRS or other agency is calling. Callers use titles IRS and
false identification numbers that look legitimate. They can use the
name, address and other personal information of the victim to the call
ring official.
- The scammers always use new tricks. Some schemes provide an actual IRS address where they say the
victim to mail a receipt of payment made. Others use emails containing a
false document with the IRS phone number or email address to respond.
These scams often use letterhead with the IRS logo in emails or mail
they send to their victims. They use these strategies to look official.
- The scams have cost to the victims more than $ 23
million. The Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration, or (TIGTA for its acronym in English),
has received reports of about 736,000 contact scam since October 2013.
Nearly 4,550 victims have altogether paid more than $ 23 million as a
result of fraud.
The
IRS does not:
- Will call and demand an immediate payment. The IRS
will not call if you owe taxes without having sent an invoice by mail.
- Will require that you pay taxes without allow ask or
appeal the amount due.
- Will required to pay their taxes in a certain way.
For example, telling you pay with a debit card pre-paid.
- Will ask your credit card number or debit card
through the phone
- Threatening to report you to the police or other
agencies in order to arrest you for failure to pay.
If
you don´t owe taxes or have no reason to think that:
- Do not give any information. Hang up immediately.
- Contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration (TIGTA, for its acronym in English). Use the IRS website
Impersonation Scam Reporting. You can also call the 800-366-4484.
- Report also the Federal Trade Commission about the
incident. Use the Wizard option FTC Complaint in FTC.gov. Please add
"IRS Telephone Scam" to the report comments.
If
you know that you owe money, or think it:
- Call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS representatives can
help you.
The
scammers phone calls first tried to defraud the elderly, new immigrants to
the US and those who speak English as a second language. Now the thieves
trying to scam everyone. They have defrauded people in every state in the
nation.
Be
alert to scams that use the IRS as a hook. Tax frauds can happen at any time
of year, not only in the tax season. For more information, visit Tax Fraud /
Problems Alert on IRS.gov.
Each
and every one of the contributors have a set of fundamental rights that
should know when dealing with the IRS. These are the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Explore your rights and our obligations to protect on IRS.gov.
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