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2022-04-05 18:04
IRS warns consumers and businesses of common scams during tax season.
Tax season is prime time for phone scams, the IRS cautions.
In these infamous types of calls, which you can catch on YouTube, the scammers call someone and pretend to represent the IRS or another tax authority.
Yet another scam targets tax professionals with phishing emails that try to steal their tax preparation credentials with the goal of filing fraudulent returns to get refunds.
One of the most common types of scams involves criminals posing as tax authorities or members of a company's accounting department.
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