irs scams

  • 2 New Twists in IRS Impostor Scams

    In one ploy scammers posing as IRS agents are phoning citizens about a supposed tax debt, but are now claiming that the agency has already mailed them two certified letters about overdue taxes and that those letters were returned as “undeliverable.” In these phone calls, fraudsters threaten immediate arrest unless immediate payment is made—with a prepaid debt card only. Swindlers falsely claim that prepaid debit cards are required to be linked to the government’s Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), an automated system for paying federal taxes electronically using the internet or by phone using the EFTPS voice response system. EFTPS is offered free by the U.S. Treasury Department and does not require the purchase of a prepaid debit card.

  • IRS Internet Scams: If the Tax Man Emails You Out of the Blue, It's Fraud. Always.

    As buddy-buddy as you might be with the IRS, don't expect to get an email from the government's tax agency any time soon. And if you do -- as our editor did recently -- you can rest assured that it's a scam. Here's the note our