Last year, callers reported more negative robocalls on Tax Day than any other day. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself:
Close up of the fingers of a man dialing out on a land line telephone pressing the number keys on the keypad in a communications concept.Last year, callers reported more negative robocalls on Tax Day than any other day. A whopping 143 million negative robocalls were placed on Tax Day in 2018, according to a comprehensive robocall data analysis by Transaction Network Services, Inc. .
When it comes to days of the week, most negative robocalls happen on Tuesday . Your best chance of avoiding a negative robocall happens on Sunday . And don’t expect the risk of receiving a scam call to decrease in 2019. TNS reports that"[t]he risk of falling victim to tax filing and IRS related scams - always high - is even greater in 2019." Scammers are capitalizing on taxpayer confusion left-over from the government shutdown. TNS has already tracked multiple tax filing and IRS-related robocall scams in the first quarter of 2019.
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