What is a Tax Scam?

Tax Scam occurs when a private or business entity willfully and intentionally falsifies information like a fake refund SMS and emails to the taxpayers. Professing themselves to be from the tax department. The main agenda behind sending such notifications is mainly to collect their personal information like login details. Hence, to credit the refund money to your checking account, you'll be asked to provide your sensitive bank information.

What are the common Cyber Crimes committed through Tax Scam?

1. Fraudulent tax preparers: Here, an unscrupulous preparer will put together returns using false information to spice up a refund, while others will plan to steal personal information included tax documents.

2. Phishing: It is incorporated using fake emails, advertisements or websites to realize personal information, occurs year-round. Typically hackers send what’s called a phishing email, during which they mimic a store, company or friend’s email and include a link to a false portal posing for your information.

3. Phone scams: Probably the foremost ubiquitous tax scam, phone scams occur when criminals impersonating as tax agents call you and threaten you with everything from arrest to deportation if you don’t pay a purportedly overdue bill. 

4. Identity fraud: Typically, this happens when a fraudster uses personal information to urge a refund before you even file your taxes. The criminals gain your Social Security number and private information to file a fraudulent income tax return, usually early within the season. Sometimes fraudsters will use a deceased taxpayer’s information to undertake and obtain a refund.

How can Online Legal India™ help you?

We have a team of the legal concierge who would resolve your issue as well as file a Consumer Complaint against Cyber Crime on Tax Scam and would work on it until your contentment. One can also take active services like taking Legal Advice or issuing a Legal Notice for Cyber Crime with facts proves and statements. Our learned legal advocate team will help you draft one legal notice and send across to the accused party.