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  2. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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    If you are blindsided by a phone call, it’s probably not the IRS. If you owed back taxes, you would first receive a letter, or a CP501 notice, from the IRS explaining the balance, including ...

  3. IRS says taxpayers are getting scam emails about ... - AOL

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    You will receive a tax refund of $976.00 , We will process this amount once you have submitted the document we need for the steps to claim your tax refund. Sender : INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE"

  4. 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 ...

  5. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith. In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money. The scammer then attempts to convince the victim to return the difference between the ...

  6. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars are ...

  7. Trusting tax-scam companies to 'negotiate' with the IRS can ...

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    Samuel French. October 27, 2023 at 5:11 AM. They’re all over television: advertisements for companies saying they’ll “negotiate” with the IRS on behalf of taxpayers to try to get tax debt ...

  8. Stimulus Scam: Do Not Open IRS Emails About a Third ... - AOL

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    The U.S. government issued a series of stimulus payments in 2020 and 2021 to help Americans get through the coronavirus pandemic. By law, the last of those payments was issued no later than Dec ...

  9. 1099-OID fraud - Wikipedia

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    1099 OID fraud is a common scam used to obtain money from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing false tax refund claims.. Form 1099-OID is intended to be submitted to the IRS by the holder of debt instruments (such as bonds, notes, or certificates) which were discounted at purchase to report the taxable difference between the instruments' actual value and the discounted purchase price.