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The Internal Revenue Service warned that thieves are resorting to a new "scam mailing" scheme this tax season, swindling taxpayers into handing over their bank routing and social security numbers.
Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images(NEW YORK) As the tax filing season began Monday, the IRS Criminal Investigation division urged taxpayers to protect themselves
Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images(NEW YORK) As the tax filing season began Monday, the IRS Criminal Investigation division urged taxpayers to protect themselves from scams.
Some of those scams include questionable refund schemes, return preparer fraud, abusive tax schemes, according to the agency.
"Tax crimes surge during filing season because criminals steal unknowing taxpayers information, hack into the servers of CPA firms and tax preparation services and victimize unsuspecting taxpayers with the false promise of huge tax refunds," CI Chief Jim Lee said in a news release.
IRS Criminal Investigation is the law enforcement arm of the IRS.
In fiscal year 2023, the agency initiated 1,409 tax crime investigations and identified $5.5 billion in tax fraud, IRS Criminal Investigation said. Six hundred fifty-five defendants were sentenced for tax crimes during the last fiscal year.
One recent case involved a father daughter duo who was scamming unknowing immigrants from their Iow