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  2. Straight Talk: Protect yourself from IRS tax scams - AOL

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    These tax scams may start with a phone call and take two primary forms. In the first version, the IRS "agent" says you owe back taxes and pressures you into paying with a prepaid debit card or ...

  3. 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."

  4. The IRS is going after scammy firms pushing a small ... - AOL

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    October 7, 2023 at 8:52 AM. /. Loaded 0%. Pop-up companies aggressively pushing a small business tax credit may soon be in hot water with the IRS. Last month, the agency stopped processing tax ...

  5. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Call live aol support at. 1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications. Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent.

  6. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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    For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

  7. How to identify a scam call before you're taken ... - AOL

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    Neighbor spoofing. If you receive a call from a number that looks almost identical to your own, then you’re likely being scammed. Neighbor spoofing is when someone calls from a number that has ...

  8. Internal Revenue Service - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law. It is an agency of the Department of the Treasury and led by the Commissioner of Internal ...

  9. An alarming spike in scam calls originating from robocalls - AOL

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    Scam calls really shot up, jumping 73% from 345 million in March to over 710 million in April. This was especially noticeable because all other types of calls stayed flat or even dropped. With the ...