IRS warns: Scammers after personal information

The IRS' criminal investigations Tampa field office says complaints about scams are at highest level in years, advises businesses to be leery

COURTESY: IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne
COURTESY: IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne
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TAMPA — As if there wasn’t enough to worry about, the IRS is reporting the number of complaints about Economic Impact Payment scams skyrocketed in June and July to levels not seen in more than a decade.

 

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