Beware This Incredibly Silly—But Still Effective—Tax Scam

Beware This Incredibly Silly—But Still Effective—Tax Scam

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      26. feb. 2018
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It's almost Tax Day, which also means it's peak tax fraud season. The Internal Revenue Service has played some epic games of cat-and-mouse with phone and online scammers over the past 10 years, but the latest scamming trend for 2018 has a particularly devious twist. Here's how it works: Attackers use a taxpayer's stolen identity information to fraudulently file their returns for a refund. They allow that refund to direct deposit into the victim's actual bank account. Then the real fun starts.

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