Issue 19.11
There are many scams in the world today. Some are very upsetting once a person finds out later that those who posed as representatives of the IRS were fakes.
These fakes use every tool at their disposal to deceive the taxpayers of their legitimacy representing the IRS. They scam individual’s personal information and wreck havoc on the lives of the innocent.
Citizens beware! This consumer alert by the IRS will help in identifying tax fraud with internet email scams.
“The IRS does not send taxpayers unsolicited e-mails about their tax accounts, tax situations or personal tax issues. If you receive such an e-mail, most likely it’s a scam.
Many impersonations are identity theft scams that try to trick victims into revealing personal and financial information that can be used to access their financial accounts. Some e-mail scams contain attachments or links that, when clicked, download malicious code (virus) that infects your computer or phone, or direct you to a bogus form or site posing as a genuine IRS form or Web site.
Some impersonations may be commercial Internet sites that consumers unknowingly visit, thinking they’re accessing the genuine IRS Web site, http://www.IRS.gov. However, such sites have no connection to the IRS.
For more information on scams and what to do if you’re subject to one, see Problem Alerts, Online Scams that Impersonate the IRS, Suspicious E-Mails and Identity Theft and How to Report and Identify Phishing, E-mail Scams and Bogus IRS Web Sites.”
The Tax Guys LLC “Where you are not just a number,” at 435-705-5101.
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.”
— Albert Einstein, physicist
“People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men-women.”
— Unknown
“Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.” — Plato
“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf.” — Will Rogers, humorist