Internet ScamBusters is one of Marilyn’s favorite newsletters and so one day an email arrives with a note from her that something about the IRS scams would make a good post on Tech Talk and whichever one of us gets to it first should have a go. And, so here I am…
Right around the time you pack away your last holiday decoration, you realize that it’s tax time, whether you like it or not. The scammers realize it too and are already hard at work trying to relieve you of some of your hard earned money or your identity or both! There’s the audit scam, the one aimed at seniors and their social security money, the ‘we owe you money’, the ‘you owe us money’, and more.
The usual scam rules apply: don’t trust any email that says it’s from the IRS, don’t click on any link in any of the emails, and verify that it’s a scam or not immediately. Remember that the IRS will never, ever contact you via email so no matter how legitimate that email or link to that “IRS” site looks do yourself a favor and go to the real IRS site and if you want to take the time call them directly.
The wonderful people at Internet Scambusters have been kind enough to put together an entire page on the latest IRS scams and how to avoid them. You can find that page by visiting http://www.scambusters.org/irsscams.html.
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