IRS Warns of Fake Letters Targeting Americans to Steal Digital Assets
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about fraudulent letters being sent to taxpayers, urging them to enroll in a non-existent 'Digital Asset Compliance Portal' by an August 10 deadline. These counterfeit physical mailings mimic official IRS notices and include QR codes that direct users to fake websites designed to steal personal information or digital assets. The scam involves scammers posing as IRS agents who call victims after they access the fraudulent site, asking for sensitive data such as two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, passwords, seed phrases, or recovery keys. Coinbase has also warned about this scheme and highlighted that the fake domain was registered in Hong Kong and hosted on a network known for phishing activities. The IRS emphasized it does not request personal financial information through unsolicited communications and urged taxpayers to report any suspicious activity via official channels like the FTC or its fraud portal.
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