GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The return of tax season brings multiple dangers for those filing.
The Better Business Bureau’s Susan Bach urges Internet filers to verify the website they are using before entering personal information.
“If you are doing your taxes online, make sure that you are on the site that you think you are on.”
Bach notes a common hoax has the scammer posing as an IRS agent.
“A phone call, an email, claiming to be someone from the IRS, don’t give them any personal information, rather go to the legitimate IRS website or phone number that you know to be IRS.”
She says thieves will try to claim your refund before you get the chance.
“What they want to do is file taxes on your behalf, they’ll put any kind of crazy number that they want and then have your refund re-directed to their bank account.”
Bach urges people to file early, as a way to minimize chances of falling risk to some of these scams.
