Tax authority warns about fraud using fake IRS notices
The tax authority has issued a warning about scams built around messages claiming unissued recibos verdes or discrepancies in your IRS return. The pattern relies on the fear of a tax problem to push people into acting quickly.
Why it matters for your move
Anything that arrives about your tax file should be checked inside the Portal das Finanças, never through a link in the message. Newcomers are a natural target here: unfamiliar system, unfamiliar language, and a plausible-sounding problem.
This is Re-locant.com’s own brief, written to explain what the update means for people moving to or living in Portugal. For the full original report, see the source below.