IRS Warns of New E-Mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name; Advance
Payment Scams Starting
Beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS
name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and
beyond. The IRS cautioned taxpayers to be on the lookout for scams involving proposed advance payment
checks. Although the government has not yet enacted an economic stimulus package in which the IRS would
provide advance payments, known informally as rebates to many Americans, a scam which uses the
proposed rebates as bait has already cropped up.
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