As Tax Season is here, scammers claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service, contact potential victims by email, telephone, text messages in an effort to acquire your personal information. Spam emails can redirect unsuspecting users to websites that contain malware.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS):

• Will not contact you via telephone, email, text messages or social media to request personal to financial information. This includes requests for PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts
• Will not demand immediate payment using a specific payment method such as a prepaid debit card, gift card or wire transfer.
• Will not demand taxes be paid without giving the taxpayer the opportunity to question or appeal the amount owed.
• Will not threaten to cancel a person’s Social Security Number for overdue/unpaid taxes.

Will not ask a taxpayer to make a payment to a person or organization other than the U.S. Treasury