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Tax Scam Red-Flag Checker

Score an email, text, or phone call for common IRS-scam signals. Produces a 0–100 risk score with the specific red flags called out.

Pressures you to pay right now?

Demands gift cards / crypto / wire transfer?

Threatens arrest / deportation / license loss?

Asks for card number over phone / text?

Sender is NOT an @irs.gov / .gov address?

Includes a link to click to 'resolve' it?

Has misspellings / odd grammar / weird formatting?

Asks for SSN / IP PIN / bank login to 'verify'?

Unsolicited — you didn't contact the IRS first?

Limitations: Heuristic. Absence of red flags does NOT guarantee legitimacy. The ONLY way to verify a real IRS notice is to log into IRS.gov/account directly (not via any link) and check your notice history.

What to do next: If the score is ≥ 60, do NOT click, pay, or respond. Report to phishing@irs.gov (email) or forward texts to 7726 (SPAM). Call 1-800-829-1040 to verify real notices.

Not a legal or security tool. Use alongside your own judgment and official IRS resources.