Fake IRS Phone Calls Defrauding Taxpayers of Millions
Phone scam surges during tax season, tops IRS list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2015.
Phone scam surges during tax season, tops IRS list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2015.
The IRS has issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.
According to a recent report by FinCEN, mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports for Second Quarter 2011 nearly doubled from the number reported in the same quarter of 2010.
This form of fraud is on the rise, and the victims are usually the people who can least afford to be taken.