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  2. 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."

  3. 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 ...

  4. IRS scammers using scare tactics to target victims for money ...

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    The Better Business Bureau says it's getting dozens of calls a day about the scam and says it's the largest scam the IRS has ever seen. The posers seem to be targeting senior citizens and ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. IRS targeting controversy - Wikipedia

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    IRS targeting controversy. The logo of the Internal Revenue Service. In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), under the Obama administration, revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes. This led to wide condemnation of the agency ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing, or vishing, [ 1 ] is the use of. telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer. Now however, vishing fraudsters often use modern Voice over IP ...