Hi everyone - Since it is tax season, there is an uprise in IRS-related text scams. Here is the summary of the scam:

• Criminals claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are targeting people with emails and text messages. Scammers are claiming U.S. taxpayers are eligible for an Economic Impact Payment (EIP). However, it is a scam. The ITRC began to see EIP payment scams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• As part of the EIP payment scam, identity criminals send messages claiming you can receive an EIP payment. They say the IRS is sending payments to qualified individuals.
  
  
• However, messages like these are IRS scams seeking your personal and financial information to commit identity theft and fraud.
  
  
• The IRS will never email, text, call or send a message on social media to anyone. If you receive a message claiming to be from the IRS, ignore it. Forward it to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. Note that it seems to be a phishing scam seeking your personal information.