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Fake tax refund messages
Messages that claim you are owed a crypto tax refund, or owe a tax debt, with a link to a fake site.
- What it means
- The look-alike site asks for exchange logins, a photo of your ID or a wallet connection, which gives the senders access to your account and coins.
- What to watch
- A deadline, a sender or link address that is not the tax office's own portal, and any request for logins, ID documents or a wallet connection.
- How Compass-Alpha uses it
- Background only; not used in any figure on Compass-Alpha.
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