{"id":1903971,"date":"2023-03-23T18:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tax-season-2023-irs-issues-warning-about-scammers-offering-help-to-set-up-online-account\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T22:14:28","slug":"tax-season-2023-irs-issues-warning-about-scammers-offering-help-to-set-up-online-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tax-season-2023-irs-issues-warning-about-scammers-offering-help-to-set-up-online-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax season 2023: IRS issues warning about scammers offering &#8216;help&#8217; to set up online account"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftax-season-2023-irs-issues-warning-about-scammers-offering-help-to-set-up-online-account%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1903971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79596672\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Walt Disney World to host LGBT conference in September\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\" The Walt Disney World Resort is set to host a major LGBT conference in September, over a year after Disney spoke out against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law. 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The statements can be set up without any outside assistance and are created through the IRS website. People offering to assist with balance creation is probably attempting to steal a taxpayer&#8217;s identity, the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/dirty-dozen-irs-warns-of-scammers-offering-help-to-set-up-an-online-account-creates-identity-theft-risk-for-honest-taxpayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS warned<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/finance-economy\/stimulus-update-avoid-facebook-scam-promising-$540-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID FACEBOOK SCAM PROMISING &#8220;$ 540 \/ MONTH&#8221; STIMULUS UPDATE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel,&#8221; Swindlers are coming up with new ways all the time to try to take information from payers.&#8221; &#8221; An Online Account at the IRS Taxpayers can access crucial information about their income situation with the aid of the government. Cybercriminals, however, are attempting to persuade people that they require assistance opening an account. Actually, no assistance is required. This is merely a con to find priceless and private taxes information that con artists will use to attempt to steal restitution.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers employ this strategy in an effort to pass themselves off as&#8221; helpful&#8221; third parties who offer to assist with the creation of a taxpayer&#8217;s IRS online account at the IRS. gov. These individuals frequently request the citizen&#8217;s personal information, which can be sold online, such as their name, Social Security number, or personal payer identification number.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS issued the warning as part of a&#8221; Dirty Dozen&#8221; series that it is currently airing this month. Taxpayers are to be informed of many scams by the series. The IRS issued a warning earlier this month regarding employee loyalty credit offers as well as phishing emails and email messages.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, Press HERE.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Most taxpayers have until April 18 to file their taxes, but some disaster-stricken states have a late deadline.<\/p>\n<p>On the IRS&#8217;s site, you can find more details about the tax cons it has forewarned about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax season ends in roughly a month, and the IRS is warning taxpayers of another scam to be wary of. The IRS&#8217;s warning concerns scammers trying to sell or offer help setting up an IRS online account. The accounts are made through the IRS&#8217;s website and can be set up with no outside help. 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