AI-Fueled Tax Scams on the Rise

LifeLock issues a consumer alert about a surge in AI-driven tax scams for 2025, highlighting the use of AI-generated voice deepfakes, highly personalized phishing (targeting W-2s and HR/finance), disaster-relief impersonations, and fraudulent Offer in Compromise schemes; the release cites survey and IRS fraud data and recommends verification of communications, cautious handling of personal information, account monitoring, reporting suspicious activity to the IRS/FTC, and using identity-protection services such as LifeLock/Norton.