Beware of tax scams: News4JAX anchor targeted by scammers warns others

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Justice does not owe any taxes and knew immediately it was a scam. He shared the voice message with our viewers on The Morning Show to warn others.Mike Walfield, an assistant special agent in charge with the IRS’ field office in Tampa, said Justice was likely targeted at random by a scammer hoping to find someone who does owe taxes to the IRS.

“They’ll guess if you owe money and the ones who respond are the people who owe money. So, they’re trying to give you information that sounds like they know something, but they don’t. They’re just guessing,” he explained. “What they are trying to do is either have you send them money saying that it’s a way to settle your tax debt or give them information that they can then use to get money from either filing false tax returns or just stealing your identity.

“The most common thing that is done improperly with taxes is that the person is trying to prepare an improper return. Maybe he doesn’t even let you see all of the information on your return and gets a very high fee for doing so and you think that you’re getting a legitimate refund,” he explained.Make sure they put their name on the return, that you review it with them line-by-line, and that you do not pay anyone up front.

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