High-pressure tactics, official-sounding messages and other tricks are potentially bedeviling taxpayers.

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Consumer protection experts warn that legal data collection by brokers poses greater privacy threats than traditional scams, with data removal services offering protection solutions.

Tax impostor scams are on the rise during tax season, the BBB warns. Here's what to look out for and how to protect yourself.

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Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts that steal Social Security numbers.

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"These changes will address historic challenges the IRS has faced," according to the federal agency of the U.S. government.

AI is making tax scams harder to spot, with fake IRS messages, voice‑cloned calls and phony preparers targeting filers.

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Americans paying their federal and state income taxes are vulnerable to scammers. Here are tips to sharing information ...