Lee B Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 COPIED FROM THE NAEA NEWSLETTER: From: IRSgov <[email protected]>To:Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 7:40 AMSubject: Update Filing Info (IRS) Dear TaxPayers The Year 2015 Tax Return is On, Update your E-file immediately For the New Season Update E-file Now Internal Revenue Service Lead Development Center Stop MS5040 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, California 92677-3415 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 How long will it take for the scammers to get all the gullible people? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Barnum said there's a sucker born every minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 15 hours ago, Lion EA said: Barnum said there's a sucker born every minute! Barnum was an optimist... so the answer to @Jack from Ohio's question is "not until the millenial kingdom at earliest." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraEA Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 In the past two weeks I have gotten three attempted hacks, two from irs.gov (that's what it said). Those wanted me to log into my PTIN account to access messages in my secure mailbox. I logged in at the real irs.gov and there were no new messages. The other supposedly from a client who was sending me his documents "as requested," just click on this secure portal. This one had enough grammar and spelling errors that even if he was my client I wouldn't want him anymore. We know the crooks are targeting preparers because we have the info they need. That darn IRS preparer registry makes our email addresses public, so the crooks know how to reach us. I'm okay with being in the directory but don't want my email in there. Is there anyway to opt out? I belong to two professional associations (NAEA and NATP) and would love to have my email address not available in their directories either. If you delete that info, though, I think you don't get the good communications from the associations that you want to receive. I guess by this point even if you were able to redact your email address, it's already out there so you're still a target. Be scared people, be very scared. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Ristau CPA Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 When I'm in need of a break, I call back the various "IRS agents" that have contacted my clients and tell the scammer we're ready with the money and ask for the address to bring it to. Usual answer is on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. For some reason when I ask them to come to Maui to pick up the tax payment the "agent" hangs up on me.... Aloha! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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