New IRS Scam Making The Rounds
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commands attention. When you get something in the mail from the tax agency, you can bet you'll open it right away.
That's why the agency is a favorite of scammers who try to trick victims into disclosing personal information. A new scheme is packaged in a spam email with the heading “Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).”
The first line if the email is designed to get your attention and, perhaps, make you drop your guard:
“This is in reference to your 2010 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return we seem to have some discrepancies with your filing.”
Then the email tries to scare recipients into revealing bank information...
Be careful about following the “advice” you get about filing for tax credits or rebates.
The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging taxpayers to guard against being misled by unscrupulous individuals trying to persuade them to file false claims for tax credits or rebates.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) notes there’s been an increase in tax-return-related scams -- frequently involving unsuspecting taxpayers who normally do not have a filing requirement in the first place.
These taxpayers are led to believe they should file a return with the IRS for tax credits, refunds or rebates for which they are not really entitled. Many of these recent scams have been targeted in the South and Midwest.
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