The deadline to file your taxes is rapidly approaching, but cyber criminals have already been hard at work trying to cash in
with fraudulent tax returns.
Not exact matches
The scammers follow up
with the taxpayer, either posing as the IRS or debt collectors demanding the
return of the
fraudulent tax refund.
Notably, the White House administration has delayed implementation of the income verification rules, leaving income verification for now on the «honor system» (
with random checks of a statistically significant sample to verify compliance), but raising concern from many that there may be a higher incidence of
fraudulent income reporting to qualify for the subsidy in the coming year (though ultimately, inappropriately reported amounts could still be recaptured by the Federal government when the subsequent
tax return is filed later, as discussed below, limiting the potential scope of any fraud).
They may even engage in more specific activities, such as using your identity to file for a
fraudulent income
tax return, or participate in a mortgage scheme that enables them to run off
with large amounts of money after the closing.
Criminals can do plenty
with all that: Take out loans, run up credit card bills, file
fraudulent tax returns, create synthetic IDs.
Identified
fraudulent activity on customer's
tax return by being proficient
with all fraud systems used for assigned job functions
However, the reason that most experts recommend that you keep the
returns indefinitely is because the IRS can determine at any time that a
return is false, or
fraudulent with the intent to evade
tax, and therefore order an audit.