LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Tax season began Jan. 27, bringing new opportunities for scams.
The Better Business Bureau provided crucial tips on how people can avoid fraud as tax season gets underway.
One common tactic scammers use is impersonating the IRS or the Canada Revenue Agency. Scammers may call, pretending to be from the IRS, and claim you owe money or are due a refund, then ask for personal information.
The BBB warns that the IRS does not call taxpayers and only communicates in writing.
The BBB warns that the IRS does not call taxpayers and only communicates in writing.
"You probably won't be able to avoid getting the call. That's just a reality we have to accept in today's world. So, forewarned is forearmed. You have to know that if you get a call from the IRS, it's not the IRS, it's a fraud call. You can just hang up. Now, some people like to engage try to waste the scammers time, but I wouldn't recommend that anymore, because with AI, they can record your voice and replicate it later. So really just hang up," said Lane Montz, President/CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Ohio.
If you believe you are being targeted, you can use the Better Business Bureau’s "Scam Tracker" to look up scams or report them to warn others.
