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IRS, Security Summit partners warn taxpayers of new scam; unusual delivery service mailing tries to trick people into sending photos, bank account information | Internal Revenue Service IR-2023-123, July 3, 2023 — The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers today to be on the lookout for a new scam mailing that tries to mislead people into believing they are owed a refund.

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I was recently contacted by a scammer who claimed to be from the Publishers Clearing House. Let me tell you now. If it seems too good to be true, it usually is. This was a good scam. Only my training and naturally suspicious nature kept me from believing it. The scammers claim to be a Prize Consultant or Prize Coordinator. They will give a badge number and a code that you are supposed to use when the "Prize Patrol" gets there. They offer a $1.5M prize and a Mercedes C-Class car and a Monthly payout of $7000 per month for life. It was really funny. I let him talk. Then they said the fatal part (for them anyway). They said that the IRS had authorized them to give this out tax-free. (It was difficult not to laugh out loud at this point of the conversation.)
They then connected me with someone who stated that he was with the IRS. I asked him to spell his name and then asked for his IRS badge number. He refused to give it to me. I stated that I know that if I ask for it, the IRS requires that he give it and he hung up.

Please everyone. Be careful. The scams are getting more conniving. They are involving companies that are totally innocent of the procedures. I personally called PCH to tell them about this scam and gave them a report. You can get information on these scams from PCH at info.PCH.com. There are also articles on the scams on The Balance at https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-recognize-publishers-clearing-house-scams-896723 and here is an article on the Balance for how to contact the PCH https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-contact-pch-896722.

I wish these idiots would just stop but there is always someone in the world who wants to make money quick. It was obvious to me that the people on the phone knew that what they were doing was illegal. The one guy hung up on me when I told him I was aware of IRS regulations requiring him to give me a badge number. So everyone out there, be careful.

Can You Tell a Real PCH Win From a Scam? Do you think you might have really won a prize from Publishers Clearing House? Here's how to recognize PCH scams and differentiate them from real wins.