Taxpayers are being warned about a new scam involving unsolicited text messages impersonating the Internal Revenue Service ...

Phishing and smishing remain the most common forms of tax-related scams, according to DNSFilter, where attackers impersonate legitimate entities like the IRS through email, text, or phone calls to ...

Knowing what to look for can help you stay protected. Phone scams: Fraudsters call pretending to be IRS agents and demand immediate payment for fake tax debts. They often use scare tactics ...

One tax scam encourages people to create fake W-2 forms. Fake emails impersonate the IRS, state tax agencies, and software companies. Fraud has no season, but scammers know that the days leading ...

Scams pretending to be the Internal Revenue ... only to end up exposing their personal information. The IRS will never email, text, or call you without first sending official correspondence ...

and social media The IRS won't contact you through unexpected or unsolicited text messages, phone calls, emails or social media. If you're contacted through these mediums, it's likely a scam.