IRS warns of scams locally amid tax season
March 23, 2023 – 13 News Tucson
It’s tax season and with that comes lots of scams. The IRS just released its annual Dirty Dozen list of scams and schemes that put taxpayers at risk.
Brian Ledbetter with GuidePoint Security said some new tactics are being used this year to take advantage of people of all ages.
“What we’ve been seeing with scammers and their tactics is they tend to create phishing emails, text messages, and make social media posts to try to convince taxpayers to try to release their personal information,” said Ledbetter.
Ledbetter described the messages that people might receive. He said they might be an urgent message from someone you may or may not know on your phone or computer asking you to click on a link, transfer money or perform a specific task.
“10 years ago for example with a phishing email, they used to be easy to spot because they had tons of spelling errors and grammatical errors. That’s all gone away with Chat GPT,” said Ledbetter. “Now they can input what they want into the chatbot and the bot can output what they desire, and that will be free of grammatical and spelling errors.”
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