Every day there are new and more innovative scams perpetrated.  The IRS regularly updates their site with details to remind taxpayers and provides information on how to spot and report them.  Don’t get caught! 

The IRS will contact taxpayers by mail first.

An agent will never leave a voicemail.

They will not contact you via email and ask you to provide any personal or financial data.

The IRS will never text you.

To find a list of current scams or confirm your suspicions of a scam go to https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-scams-consumer-alerts

Should you determine you’ve been contacted by an impersonator or believe something to be a scam, follow up with one of the below listed resources.

• Tell the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). You can report IRS scams online at or by calling TIGTA at 1-800-366-4484.
• Forward email messages that claim to be from the IRS to phishing@irs.gov. Do not open the attachments or click on any links in those emails.
• Tell the Federal Trade Commission via the FTC Complaint Assistant on FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.
• Report Social Security Administration phone impostor scams using the form on the Social Security Administration’s website.
• If the IRS scams appear to be impersonating a state tax authority rather than the IRS, contact your state Attorney General’s office.