{"id":13249,"date":"2015-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/5-tell-tale-signs-of-a-tax-scam\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:59:36","slug":"5-tell-tale-signs-of-a-tax-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/5-tell-tale-signs-of-a-tax-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tell-tale Signs of a Tax Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 32 years of IRS work \u2014 and more than $100 million in resolved tax debt \u2014 I&#039;ve seen just about every version of the problem you&#039;re dealing with. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a tax attorney in Tampa. Here&#039;s what you should know.<\/p>\n<p>There are still people who try to scam you out of your tax refunds by stealing your identity or other means. \u00a0They always pretend to be from the IRS, so I&#8217;ve labeled them &#8220;the IRS&#8221;. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-help\/\">Click here to read or watch more IRS Help resources.<\/a> \u00a0So here are 5 tell-tale signs of a tax scam by &#8220;the IRS&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0A call from &#8220;the IRS&#8221; demanding immediate payment without first billing you by mail<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0No opportunity from &#8220;the IRS&#8221; to ask questions or appeal your fine<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0Insistence on using only one method of payment\u00a0to pay\u00a0your taxes like prepaid debit card<\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0A call from &#8220;the IRS&#8221; asking for your credit or debit card number<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0Threats by &#8220;the IRS&#8221; of law enforcement actions<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more about <a title=\"Don&#039;t be scammed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewagnerpost.com\/pages\/?p=5334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how not to be scammed and what you should do about it when someone tries to scam you<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 32 years of IRS work \u2014 and more than $100 million in resolved tax debt \u2014 I&#039;ve seen just about every version of the problem you&#039;re dealing with. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a tax attorney in Tampa. Here&#039;s what you should know. There are still people who try to scam you out of your tax [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22501,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions\/22501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}