Avoid Common Tax Scam in Tough Economy
Never mind if the time changes , so are the governments with polices . But what if when economy is tough ,and when people find ways to keep their money safe . They plan investment, they approach banks , they apply for loans ,but they are certainly on back foot when scammed or fall victim to any frauds .
Certainly when there is tax season scam artists are more active in their business. They would not lag behind to take every advantage of tax scheme declared by government or sometimes even by any reputed financial or investment firm .
Con artists would only play the game of hide and seek , further defrauding the people expertly.
Internet is the best source through which they can hook the people , by pumping fake emails in the name of reputed government agencies.
But how to avoid some of the common tax scam is the big question ,Therefore we’ll discuss some of the top tax scams which are going strong these days , by going through you can certainly make yourself safe.
-Fraud or Fake Websites : ( Scam artists always try to used the name of reputed government website like IRS or sometimes BBB to scam the people . In fact the officials websites are www.irs.gov and www.bbb.org
-Email Scams : As an Alert cyber citizen , avoid clicking to any email attachment sponsored in your in box. Because scam artists can target your personal information, can ask to to click the link proceeding to you towards fake IRS site or even phishing site which can hijack your personal information.
-Bogus Tax Forms : IRS has already warned the tax payers that scammers can sponsor fake tax form through email attachment in the name of any legal organization ,which request your financial information like ATM PINS ,Credit Card Numbers, thus all in name of getting refunds .
-Fake Home Businesses : Tax scam artists can pursue with adds pertaining for work-at-home business which claims false benefit of deductions by converting them to legal business . But these are all scams tactics to lure the people as IRS will still hold you responsible for the taxes you didn’t pay, and interest on those taxes when they uncover your illegal tax avoidance.
-Tax Debt Settlement Scams :Scam artists mostly target the people who oew large debts to the IRS . The crime artists claim that they can settle these debts for pennies on the dollar. Most of these scammers take advantage of designing an offer in compromise (OIC) .Mostly IRS Accepts this proposal in case of only worst financial hardship .
Source : newschannel5.com
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March 29th, 2009 at 2:06 am
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