Tax Preparers Are Online Scam Artists’ Latest Muse


Since the dawn of the internet, cyber con artists have been on the constant lookout for the next hapless victim group. For a time, the taxpayer community fell prey to phone scammers pretending to be the IRS and demanding payments of back taxes that are not really owed. Scammers then moved on to sending fake emails requesting payment or personal information from the recipient. All in all, the IRS admits, scam victims have lost millions of dollars and loads of personal information via bogus IRS communications. When asked about tax-related schemes, Joshua Ashman, partner at Expat Tax Professionals LLC, commented,…

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