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Have passed 12 days since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent the first round of child tax credit payments, more than million families who received the payments, however the amount of money distribution is so big that a market has opened for scammers who seek to steal your money and extort money from you .
The IRS Alert
The IRS has issued an alert to taxpayers so that be alert to any sign that seems suspicious and report any type of abuse as cybercriminals are taking advantage of any opportunity to try to scam you.
Within recommendations that the IRS has issued, it is important that you remember that the federal office never contacts taxpayers by email, via text message or by social networks to request personal information to ask for data, gift cards or to make a bank transfer or through cryptocurrencies.
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How the IRS obtains the information to grant you child tax credit payments is through your or of 2019 or through information that you have put on the IRS website .
Remember, the IRS will never ask you for information to get the child tax credit through a phone call .
Once you are eligible to receive federal program payments You do not need to take any action to receive the child tax credit . If you receive calls, emails and text messages on your cell phone you should ignore them and report them as it could be malware with which scammers intend to steal your information to collect your money.
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To report suspected scams and deceptive links you can send an email to the IRS through the address phishing@irs.gov.
If you suffered a theft or fraud you must inform the Treasury Inspector General Administration (TIGTA) and file a complaint before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the institution to initiate an investigation.
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