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Thousands of people have lost millions of dollars and their personal information to tax scams. Scammers use the regular mail, telephone, or email to set up individuals, businesses, payroll and tax professionals.
The IRS and Security Summit partners today warned the public of a surge of fraudulent emails impersonating the IRS and using tax transcripts as bait to entice users to open documents containing malware.
The IRS, state tax agencies and tax industry warn tax professionals of new email scams that attempt to steal their tax software preparation credentials. Thieves try to steal client data and tax preparers' identities in an attempt to file fraudulent tax returns for refunds.
The IRS has established a process that will allow businesses and payroll service providers to quickly report any data losses related to the W-2 scam currently making the rounds. If notified in time, the IRS can take steps to prevent employees from being victimized by identity thieves filing fraudulent returns in their names. There also is information about how to report receiving the scam email.
Some taxpayers receive emails that appear to be from the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) about a tax refund. These emails are a phishing scam, trying to trick victims into providing personal and financial information. Do not respond or click any link. If you receive this scam, forward it to phishing@irs.gov and note that it seems to be a scam phishing for your information.
To report tax-related illegal activities, refer to Tax Scams - How to Report Them. You should also report instances of IRS-related phishing attempts and fraud to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
Spam, phishing emails & texts, and robocalls are on the rise. If you receive any suspicious communications from someone who says they are Verizon, we want to know about it. You can also report fraud to the Federal Trade Commission.
The authors of these scam emails typically pretend to be a prior business associate or mysterious benefactor holding a certified check or bank draft in your name, often for a large sum of money. All you have to do to claim it is provide your personal information and pay a small fee. These scams frequently attempt to get you to reveal financial or bank account information.
This scam relies on contacting you by email or phone to resolve an alleged issue with a FedEx shipment. Once contact is made, the attacker uses social engineering techniques to attempt to defraud you. The email is typically vague and provides little or no details of the shipment.
This set of fraudulent emails claims to be from FedEx regarding a package that could not be delivered. These emails ask the receiver to open an attachment in order to obtain the airbill or invoice needed to pick up their package. The attachment in the email may contain a virus. Please do not open the attachment, and delete the email immediately.
An Uber spokesperson told Yahoo News the incident was not reported to them by the customer, and after a full investigation concluded it was not one of their drivers and he may have been linked to another rideshare operator. Uber advised people to report any suspected fraudulent activity including a driver attempting to solicit cash.
Phishing is a type of cyberattack in which a criminal attempts to trick you into providing private information, such as your bank account number or Social Security number, for the purpose of stealing your money or your identity. Information technology research firm Gartner, Inc. estimates phishing scams cost U.S. businesses nearly $3 billion per year. Reporting phishing scams helps prevent others from falling victim to them.
It costs nothing to apply for student loan forgiveness, so anyone who asks you to pay a fee is committing fraud. In addition, the U.S. Department of Education won't contact you by phone. You can stay safe and avoid student loan forgiveness scams by going directly to the Department of Education website for information about applying for forgiveness.
An alternative to SIM swapping, some scammers are using so-called OTP bots to trick people into sharing the authentication codes that are sent to them via text or email, or that they have to look up in an authentication app or device.
The bots may initiate a robocall or send you a text imitating a legitimate company. For example, the robocall may look and sound like it's coming from a bank. The voice asks you to authorize a charge and tells you to input the code you're texted if it's not one you made. In reality, the bot is attempting to log in to your account, which triggers the system to send you the code. If you share the code, the scammer can then log in to your account.
Scammers are turning to Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment app, as a means to steal people's money. The scammer will email, text or call you pretending to work for your bank or credit union's fraud department. They'll claim that a thief was trying to steal your money through Zelle, and that they have to walk you through \"fixing\" the issue. Then, they may instruct you to send the money to yourself, but the money will actually go to their account.
After gaining your trust, they may ask you to buy them something or send them money. Recently, some scammers have posed as investors and shared false investment tips with their victims, which could lead you to invest in a fake opportunity. Or, the person may \"mistakenly\" send you money and ask you to send it back or forward it to someone else. If your bank later determines that their payment was fraudulent, the sum of the payment will be subtracted from your account.
About 14 million people are caught up in employment scams every year, according to the Better Business Bureau, and people who are unfamiliar with job scams are most likely to lose money to them. In 2020 alone, BBB reports that fraudsters cost victims an estimated $2 billion.1
Many attempted scams say the interview will take place online using an instant messaging service. The scammers often include instructions for setting up and contacting the hiring manager and may ask for confidential information.
Urgent call to action or threats - Be suspicious of emails that claim you must click, call, or open an attachment immediately. Often, they'll claim you have to act now to claim a reward or avoid a penalty. Creating a false sense of urgency is a common trick of phishing attacks and scams. They do that so that you won't think about it too much or consult with a trusted advisor who may warn you.
Spelling and bad grammar - Professional companies and organizations usually have an editorial staff to make sure customers get high-quality, professional content. If an email message has obvious spelling or grammatical errors, it might be a scam. These errors are sometimes the result of awkward translation from a foreign language, and sometimes they're deliberate in an attempt to evade filters that try to block these attacks.
Mismatched email domains - If the email claims to be from a reputable company, like Microsoft or your bank, but the email is being sent from another email domain like Gmail.com, or microsoftsupport.ru it's probably a scam. Also be watchful for very subtle misspellings of the legitimate domain name. Like micros0ft.com where the second \"o\" has been replaced by a 0, or rnicrosoft.com, where the \"m\" has been replaced by an \"r\" and a \"n\". These are common tricks of scammers.
Suspicious links or unexpected attachments - If you suspect that an email message is a scam, don't open any links or attachments that you see. Instead, hover your mouse over, but don't click, the link to see if the address matches the link that was typed in the message. In the following example, resting the mouse over the link reveals the real web address in the box with the yellow background. Note that the string of numbers looks nothing like the company's web address.
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If you think a caller is trying to scam you, hang up. If you get a suspicious email or text, do not reply. If you suspect you are a target of fraud on your AT&T mobile phone account, you can report it to our Fraud team here. If you suspect fraud on another account, call the customer service number on your bill for help. You can also forward an email to the Anti Phishing Working Group or report it to the FTC.
Then, delete the email immediately and do not open any attachments. AT&T Internet Services makes every effort to block fraudulent messages from reaching our customers, and we will continue working diligently to ensure that your experience with us is both safe and enjoyable.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information.
A scammer may contact you out of the blue to tell you that you can claim a large inheritance from a distant relative or wealthy benefactor. You may be contacted by letter, phone call, text message, email or social networking message.
We encourage you to report scams to the ACCC via the report a scam page. This helps us to warn people about current scams, monitor trends and disrupt scams where possible. Please include details of the scam contact you received, for example, email or screenshot.
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