The IRS reported:
The Internal Revenue Service today continues its Dirty Dozen scam series warning taxpayers to watch out for scammers attempting to sell or offer help setting up an Online Account on IRS.gov.
The goal for these criminals is getting personal tax and financial information that can be used to commit identity theft.
The IRS Online Account is a tool that provides convenient access to an individual’s tax information. The information is also valuable to identity thieves who use it to submit fraudulent tax returns in a victim's name to get a big refund. These third-party online account scams are day three of the IRS annual Dirty Dozen tax scam campaign.
“This is just an elaborate scam designed to obtain valuable and sensitive tax information that scammers will use to try to steal a refund,” Werfel added.
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The Internal Revenue Service today continues its Dirty Dozen scam series warning taxpayers to watch out for scammers attempting to sell or offer help setting up an Online Account on IRS.gov.
The goal for these criminals is getting personal tax and financial information that can be used to commit identity theft.
The IRS Online Account is a tool that provides convenient access to an individual’s tax information. The information is also valuable to identity thieves who use it to submit fraudulent tax returns in a victim's name to get a big refund. These third-party online account scams are day three of the IRS annual Dirty Dozen tax scam campaign.
“This is just an elaborate scam designed to obtain valuable and sensitive tax information that scammers will use to try to steal a refund,” Werfel added.
Find the original article and read more here.
Read more on the Dirty Dozen scams here.
Enroll in Training Sessions: Last Thursday of Every Month is Training on Frauds and New Scam Alerts and How to Combat