Identify Theft is on the rise and the IRS is warning taxpayers to beware of email scams that seek personal info. Phishing is a scam typically carried out by unsolicited e-mail and/or websites that pose as legitimate sites and lure unsuspecting victims to provide personal and financial information.
There are a number of these phishing scams out there designed to intimate taxpayers- and many of them are pretty convincing as
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I received a virus in my email inbox recently from someone that looked like they were working for the IRS, but was in actuality a scam artist. Check out the latest deception method to obtain personal information from taxpayers like you:
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From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:no-reply@irs.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:32 AM
To: TRS
Subject: Notice of Underreported Income
Taxpayer ID: michael-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on
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As the economy grows gloomier, identity thieves are getting more desperate and creative to trick people into paying up. The latest IRS warning urges  people to be cautious of identity theft scams that involve using the IRS name, logo, and web address to fool people into believing the IRS is contacting them to request personal information.
Protect your finances and personal information from identity thieves by staying alert and cautious around
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I wanted to take a moment to mention some of our remarkable client success stories from 2008.

Matt C. owed the IRS nearly $40,000 in back taxes when he came to us. A year after he retained us, he won an Offer in Compromise settlement for $1,500. And when the negotiated settlement was paid, all of Matt C.’s federal tax liens were released.

We also helped a business owner whose payroll tax
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I want to warn everyone about a new email tax scam that has been circulating. It is targeted at  “non-resident aliens” who are asked to fill out 2 official-looking IRS forms that are attached and fax them back to a 646 area code number.
The email header reads:

From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:nonereply@irs.gov]
Subject: please see the attachment
According to the IRS web site:
A bogus IRS letter and Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign
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Click here to see video footage of Tax Resolution Services in a special On Your Side Investigation that involves a serious case of stolen identity that leads one man into big trouble with the IRS.

With almost identical names, two men have been linked in a serious case of cross-country identity theft.
Eladio Lopez is an American citizen who works as a modestly paid truck driver in New York. Heladio Lopez is
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As I mentioned in a previous post, the IRS has recently come under fire by critics who say that the IRS does not do enough to treat victims of identity theft or to help them minimize the burden of responding to the crime.
Many identity-theft victims and their accountants have complained about IRS delays and miscommunications in resolving their claims. The IRS says that they are working hard to help victims
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A Treasury Department watchdog said in a report released April 9 that the IRS must do more to combat tax fraud identity theft, asserting that the IRS rarely pursues or prosecutes fraudulent tax returns filed by identity thieves.
Yesterday I posted about how tax fraud identity theft is on the rise. To make things worse, J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, said the IRS does not do
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Tax season may be over, but for many Americans who have experienced fraud related to their tax records, the nightmare of dealing with identity theft is just beginning.
Over the years, identity theft has emerged as one of the top problems facing honest taxpayers, who go to file their federal tax returns only to find out that an identity thief has beaten them to it.
In addition to collecting undeserved tax refunds,
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The tax deadline is looming. But to remind readers how easy is to get in tax trouble, here’s the IRS’s annual “Dirty Dozen” list.
By Michael Rozbruch
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It’s become an annual tradition for the IRS. And it isn’t Tax Day.
It’s the “Dirty Dozen.” Every year, auditors and investigators at the IRS compile the most frequently employed scams peddled to American taxpayers as ways to avoid income tax. Fall victim to one, and
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