TAX DAY: Hey procrastinators, your tax return is due on April 18!
Hey there procrastinators, your tax return is due on April 18! But beware, scammers are capitalizing on your rush to get it done and they're using artificial intelligence to do it. FOX 26's Heather Sullivan shares some smart sense on how to avoid being scammed.If you haven't filed yet, tax returns are coming due soon. The deadline is April 18 this year due to Emancipation Day.
U.S. consumers lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the previous year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Cyber experts say that could top $10 billion this year as scammers are stepping up their game by using artificial intelligence."We are reaching out to inform you the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you," a scammer says in a recorded call displayed as a warning on the Michigan Attorney Genera's website.
"Their emails historically have had misspellings, bad grammar, things like that. ChatGPT is allowing them to have very clean emails. Because of that, they're starting to look more genuine," said Simmons.Simmons says scammers are also creating websites that look like real tax software platforms. Here's another scam to watch out for, check-washing. Many people who owe taxes will put a check in the mail in the next few days.
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