1.0Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵadmin-tns/author/admin-tns/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cFCyF1z8AE"><a href="/resource/com/fraudsters-ramp-up-tax-scam-activity-blog/">Fraudsters Ramp Up Tax Scam Activity, Blog</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/resource/com/fraudsters-ramp-up-tax-scam-activity-blog/embed/#?secret=cFCyF1z8AE" width="600" height="338" title="“Fraudsters Ramp Up Tax Scam Activity, Blog” — Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ" data-secret="cFCyF1z8AE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> /wp-content/uploads/2022/10/XzX4X46g_600x400_acf_cropped.jpeg1200900Scams involving taxes are ripe this time of year as fraudsters ramp up their efforts by impersonating the IRS. Various forms of tax scams exist, and fraudsters may contact their victims via email, social media, and texts or phone calls. It is important to know that the IRS will never initiate contact consumers via email, texts or social media to request information such as bank account information, credit card numbers or passwords.