{"id":788,"date":"2016-05-31T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=788"},"modified":"2016-06-01T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T20:18:39","slug":"irs-warns-of-latest-scam-variation-involving-bogus-federal-student-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/irs-warns-of-latest-scam-variation-involving-bogus-federal-student-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Warns of Latest Scam Variation Involving Bogus \u201cFederal Student Tax\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Internal Revenue Service\u00a0issued a warning\u00a0about bogus phone calls from IRS impersonators demanding payment for a non-existent tax, the \u201cFederal Student Tax.\u201d<\/h1>\n

Even though the tax deadline has come and gone, scammers continue to use varied strategies to trick people, in this case students. In this newest twist, they try to convince people to wire money immediately to the scammer. If the victim does not fall quickly enough for this fake \u201cfederal student tax\u201d, the scammer threatens to report the student to the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese scams and schemes continue to evolve nationwide, and now they\u2019re trying to trick students,\u201d said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. \u201cTaxpayers should remain vigilant and not fall prey to these aggressive calls demanding immediate payment of a tax supposedly owed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scam artists frequently masquerade as being from the IRS, a tax company and sometimes even a state revenue department. Many scammers use threats to intimidate and bully people into paying a tax bill. They may even threaten to arrest, deport or revoke the driver\u2019s license of their victim if they don\u2019t get the money.<\/p>\n

Some examples of the varied tactics seen this year are:<\/p>\n