{"id":2092,"date":"2026-04-13T15:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:12:22","slug":"fake-tax-filing-websites-scam-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/fake-tax-filing-websites-scam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert: Fake Tax Filing Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scammers are operating fraudulent websites with website names very similar to the VT Department of Taxes online taxpayer portal, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/myvtax.vermont.gov\/_\/\">myVTax.Vermont.gov<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When navigating to the Vermont Department of Taxes online, doublecheck that the URL in your browser indicates \u201cVermont.gov\u201d. The scam websites use \u201c.com\u201d or other extensions, and NOT \u201c.gov\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is advised to always thoroughly review the entire website address and check with the agency directly when uncertain. There are ways that scammers can create fake web page addresses that clone existing webpages. For example, a couple naming tricks they may use are including &#8220;gov&#8221; within the address or adding lengthy extensions to the URL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have used an illegitimate website when filing taxes and have concerns of taxpayer identity theft, contact the VT Department of Taxes at 1-866-828-2865 and find additional information on their website, <a href=\"https:\/\/tax.vermont.gov\/help\/identity-theft\">tax.vermont.gov\/help\/identity-theft<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional identity theft information, contact the Consumer Assistance Program at 1-800-649-2424 or online at <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/cap\">ago.vermont.gov\/cap<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2026\/04\/Dept-of-Taxes-scam-alert-4.13.26-1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are operating fraudulent websites with website names very similar to the VT Department of Taxes online taxpayer portal, \u201cmyVTax.Vermont.gov\u201d. When navigating to the Vermont Department of Taxes online, doublecheck that the URL in your browser indicates \u201cVermont.gov\u201d. The scam websites use \u201c.com\u201d or other extensions, and NOT \u201c.gov\u201d. It is advised to always thoroughly&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/fake-tax-filing-websites-scam-alert\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scam Alert: Fake Tax Filing Websites<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[704915,481474,704857,705098],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-stopscamsvt","tag-consumer","tag-fake-website","tag-tax-scam","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}