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  2. How to Spot IRS Fraud and Other Big Phone Scams So You ... - AOL

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    Like any other fraud, phone scams evolve and change out of necessity once the public gets wise to the scam. This means there's always a new scam on the horizon or an updated version of an old one.

  3. The IRS Has Released Its Top Scams of 2021 - AOL

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    The IRS warns tax professionals about scams involving the verifications of EFIN and CAF numbers. Tax professionals have reported receiving scam emails from the fake "IRS Tax E-Filing," which the ...

  4. Beware of tax scam emails and phone calls, IRS warns - AOL

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    If the IRS sends a tax bill to a private debt collection service, it notifies the taxpayer first. The IRS website, www.irs.gov, has much more information about scammers — search the site for "scam."

  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. IRS Whistleblower Office - Wikipedia

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    The IRS Whistleblower Office is a branch of the United States Internal Revenue Service that will "process tips received from individuals, who spot tax problems in their workplace, while conducting day-to-day personal business or anywhere else they may be encountered." [2] Tipsters should use IRS Form 211 to make a claim.

  7. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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    Always use a strong password with a combination of letters, numbers and special symbols. Register for two-factor authentication if a website lets you do so. The scammer may not attempt to breach ...

  8. Technology Alert List - Wikipedia

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    Technology Alert List. The Technology Alert List ( TAL) is a list developed by the United States federal government of critical fields where it would like to limit the transfer of goods, technology, and sensitive information, with the goal of supporting nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and nontransfer of U.S.-held technologies. [1]

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

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    If you are blindsided by a phone call, it’s probably not the IRS. If you owed back taxes, you would first receive a letter, or a CP501 notice, from the IRS explaining the balance, including ...