Tag "Tax Scam"
Prevent 2017 Tax Scams
April 15th, 2017 is right around the corner and even though you might not be ready to pay your taxes, con artists are ready to take your money with the following tax scams. Tax scams that come in several different forms, but
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Largest Consumer Scams of 2016
The number one scam of 2016 goes to con artists posing as IRS agents and threatening to fine or arrest consumers over phony tax debts. In fact, this scam came in having roughly one of every four consumer complaint reports to the
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Celebrities Behind Hollywood Money Scandals
Celebrity financial habits somehow fascinate the everyday folks, from how they choose to spend or save their multi-million dollar fortunes and the legal trouble they find themselves in when the behavior of their bank accounts go awry. Take Martha
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4 Common Phone Scams
Phone scams are nothing new to fear, but what is new is the way scammers are getting you fooled. So don’t fall victim to the following four phone scams, which could be happening in your community: RELATED: What an IRS Scam Phone Call
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Scammers Asking You to Pay Taxes with an iTunes Card
The federal government warned consumers in late April that scammers are singing a new tune when they’re pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service or U.S. Treasury. Now, some scammers are demanding that you pay your back taxes via an iTunes Gift Card.
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Don’t Become the Next Victim to a Tax Scam In 2016
The IRS releases the “dirty dozen” list of the worst tax scams each year and hopefully helping the American public avoid becoming victims. Some aren’t applicable to most people, such as using offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes, but many are
Read MoreHow to Spot a Tax Scam
Washington Post – Tax season is stressful enough, but now taxpayers increasingly have to deal with deception. The Internal Revenue Service has issued yet another advisory warning people about telephone calls or e-mails from people pretending to be from the
Read MoreTurboTax FBI Investigating Fraudulent Tax Returns Filed Through
Washington Post – The FBI is investigating cases of fraudulent tax returns filed using TurboTax software. The probe comes after a number of states, including Minnesota, Utah, Alabama and Georgia, reported a spike in potentially fraudulent tax returns being filed by
Read MoreFake IRS Callers Take $5 Million from Victims
The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that fraudsters continue to impersonate IRS agents and demand bogus payments, despite warning of this scam last October. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which oversees the IRS, has received 90,000 complaints about
Read MorePhoenix Valley Residents Charged for Tax Fraud Scheme
Mesa, Arizona – Two Valley residents, Kristi Marie Egger, 34, and Michael Wayne Egger, 47, both from Mesa, Arizona, were sentenced after pleading guilty to two felony counts for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false federal income tax
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