With less than two weeks until Tax Day, don't let the rush to find a tax preparer allow you to get scammed!
With less than two weeks until Tax Day, don't let the rush to find a tax preparer allow you to get scammed. With less than two weeks until Tax Day, don't let the rush to find a tax preparer allow you to get scammed!But cyber security experts warn filers that not everyone offering tax prep services can be trusted.“A ghost tax prep scam is people who set themselves up and pretend to be tax professionals so they can steal your money and steal your identity,” Bednowitz warned.
Bednowitz said it's a pretty simple scam: Convince someone you're a tax preparer, then disappear with their personal information, their refund, and of course, a fee for the services you didn't provide.“There are three red flags that I would talk about before you've even engaged with a tax preparer, and then there's two red flags if you're already in process with them,” Bednowitz said.
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