IRS scam
Fake agent call
An IRS scam is a fraud where criminals impersonate the Internal Revenue Service to steal money or personal information.
Scammers typically call or email claiming the victim owes back taxes and faces immediate arrest unless they pay via gift cards or wire transfer—methods the actual IRS never uses: My grandmother almost fell for an IRS scam.
- phoneHandheld communication device
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- scare tacticsMethods using alarm to influence
- callerOne who phones
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
refund · too good to be true · arrest · warrant · legal action · gift cards · impostor · fraud · Social Security · robocall · urgent · payment · wire transfer · federal agent · government agency · tax · tax season · back taxes
- phone callsphone number, robocall, cell number, cold call, mobile number
- spamspam, junk mail, spam filter, spam folder, bulk mail
- phone scamsrobocall, robocalls, vishing, phishing call, phishing calls
- scamsfraud, frauds, swindle, swindles, con