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2. This tax season, look out for scammers trying to file your ...

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   According to the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an IRS internal watchdog, as of 2023 it takes the agency an average of 19 months — more than a year and a half — to resolve identity theft cases.

3. Taxpayers lost $4.2 million to IRS imposters last year. Here ...

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   Cortlynn Stark, The Sum. February 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Photography by Phillip Rubino/Getty Images. In 2023, taxpayers lost $4.26 million in IRS imposter scams. That’s according to data from the ...

4. IRS: Watch out for tax refund schemes that could land you in ...

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   But the repercussions can be significant if taxpayers are caught in this scam. The IRS can slap a variety of penalties, including those of $5,000 or even jail time. For instance, in an accuracy ...

5. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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   An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars are ...

6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

7. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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   The IRS recently released a notice to warn taxpayers about the scam. Here’s how it works: Someone will call a taxpayer and pose as the IRS, asking for gift cards from a variety of stores as ...

8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

9. 2023 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data breach

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   The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) experienced a significant security breach when a former employee transferred confidential information on approximately 256,000 consumers and forty-five financial institutions to their personal email account. [3] [4] The unauthorized transfer involved data from seven firms, though the majority of ...