IRS Tax Fee

[bolektusk]

Can anyone tell me if this is legal? I suspect that this is a scam.

I have been told I must pay an IRS Tax Fee:-

We noticed that you participated in the just concluded Annual promotion,
your account has been in existence for more than 3 months, and you're
eligible for the tax and account maintenance. As a new investor and a
new participant in the Grandaccessinvestment promotion, you have to
understand that you must offset your total tax rate by 12% of the Total
amount of your investment, and account maintenance fee.

AMOUNT YOU MUST OFFSET TO THE PLATFORM:

1] IRS TAX FEE: 12% of your investment is  $4200

2] ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEE: $300

TOTAL= $4500

  NOTE: The payments must be cleared before your withdrawal requestsWe noticed that you participated in the just concluded Annual promotion,
your account has been in existence for more than 3 months, and you're
eligible for the tax and account maintenance. As a new investor and a
new participant in the Grandaccessinvestment promotion, you have to
understand that you must offset your total tax rate by 12% of the Total
amount of your investment, and account maintenance fee.

AMOUNT YOU MUST OFFSET TO THE PLATFORM:

1] IRS TAX FEE: 12% of your investment is  $4200

2] ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEE: $300

TOTAL= $4500

  NOTE: The payments must be cleared before your withdrawal requests
will be approved, and must be paid to the platform's official wallet
address with a hashtag IRS Tax and Account Maintenance Fee.
will be approved, and must be paid to the platform's official wallet
address with a hashtag IRS Tax and Account Maintenance Fee.

[noorman0]

Are you a US citizen?  The information you provided is incomplete and cannot be verified. Please only list who sent you this message. If it's an email from the relevant authorities, this should be legit. Their mail address should be something like mailfrom@irs.gov.

[bolektusk]

Are you a US citizen?  The information you provided is incomplete and cannot be verified. Please only list who sent you this message. If it's an email from the relevant authorities, this should be legit. Their mail address should be something like mailfrom@irs.gov.

This is an email sent to me by an investment company where I invested funds.

They say I am being charged a fee which is to cover some 'IRS Tax Fee' but I am supposed to make payment directly to the investment company before I can make a withdrawal.

It doesn't sound legal to me.

I think that if I actually sent them this 'IRS Tax Fee' they would simply keep my money and not allow me to make a withdrawal.

[Porfirii]

While some service providers can be required to withhold certain amounts in some jurisdictions, the obligation to declare taxes and pay them is almost always the taxpayer's only. I don't know what platform you're talking about, OP, but it seems to me that the request to deposit the amount mentioned is very improper, and maybe an excuse to prevent you from taking out your money.

In addition, if you listen to them, no one guarantees that you will be able to do it either. This is why it is recommended to flee from centralized services, to avoid this type of situation of helplessness and doubt.

[Rashlyowl]

I can tell it's a scam, searching for 'Grandaccessinvestment' led me to this site: https://grandaccessinvestment.com



On their website, they offer investment services that are like ponzi scheme, including Basic Plan, Standard Plan, Professional Plan, Premium Plan & Ultimate Plan. Additionally, they claim that they have $489,000,000 revenue in 2022. In fact, when I checked the domain, it was a domain created in 2024, this site doesn't make sense.

Registered:

Code:

2024-02-26

Expired:

Code:

2027-02-26

Updated:

Code:

2026-01-15

Stay away, or you will lose your money bros!

[bolektusk]

While some service providers can be required to withhold certain amounts in some jurisdictions, the obligation to declare taxes and pay them is almost always the taxpayer's only. I don't know what platform you're talking about, OP, but it seems to me that the request to deposit the amount mentioned is very improper, and maybe an excuse to prevent you from taking out your money.

In addition, if you listen to them, no one guarantees that you will be able to do it either. This is why it is recommended to flee from centralized services, to avoid this type of situation of helplessness and doubt.

Yes, I'm sure you are correct. It sounds like a scam and I don't think I have any chance of ever recovering my investment.

Is there any place I can report such a company?

They are https://grandaccessinvestment.com/

[bolektusk]

I can tell it's a scam, searching for 'Grandaccessinvestment' led me to this site: https://grandaccessinvestment.com

https://talkimg.com/images/2026/02/08/UIaWHm.jpeg

On their website, they offer investment services that are like ponzi scheme, including Basic Plan, Standard Plan, Professional Plan, Premium Plan & Ultimate Plan. Additionally, they claim that they have $489,000,000 revenue in 2022. In fact, when I checked the domain, it was a domain created in 2024, this site doesn't make sense.

Registered:

Code:

2024-02-26

Expired:

Code:

2027-02-26

Updated:

Code:

2026-01-15

Stay away, or you will lose your money bros!

I guess I have already lost all my money.

Can I report them anywhere?

[Rashlyowl]

Can I report them anywhere?

Scam Accusations is the right place to do that. As a guideline for you bros, before making a report, you should read Scam Report Format (Use it to make scam reports properly) first. It helps you to make good & correct scam accusations.

[noorman0]

I guess I have already lost all my money.

Yes, it's a scam, and they're now trying to extort what's left of you.

-snip-
Can I report them anywhere?

File a report with local authorities, although international scams are rarely resolved successfully. You should gather all the evidence you can find now: proof of funds transfer, the scammer's wallet address, chat history, archived files on archive sites, etc. This will be used for forensic purposes.

[bolektusk]

I guess I have already lost all my money.

Yes, it's a scam, and they're now trying to extort what's left of you.

-snip-
Can I report them anywhere?

File a report with local authorities, although international scams are rarely resolved successfully. You should gather all the evidence you can find now: proof of funds transfer, the scammer's wallet address, chat history, archived files on archive sites, etc. This will be used for forensic purposes.

Can you suggest which authorities to report to?

I reported here a few weeks ago

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/form/main

But haven't even received an acknowledgement.

Who is likely pursue such criminality?

[rat03gopoh]

Can you suggest which authorities to report to?

You haven't disclosed your country of origin (although you don't need to publicly disclose it if you're uncomfortable). Just check your local financial regulatory agency's website; they usually have a dedicated fraud report form/page.

I reported here a few weeks ago

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/form/main

But haven't even received an acknowledgement.

Who is likely pursue such criminality?

The FTC's Report Fraud page addresses fraud in the US, If you're a US resident, this is relevant. The more reports received from victims, the more likely it is that the case will be addressed.

[NotATether]

This is a total scam.

I know that because the IRS will never calculate your taxes for you.

Fucking scammers.

I guess I have already lost all my money.

Can I report them anywhere?

How ?? ??

Why didn't you post here beforehand?

They are *** SCAM REDACTED ***

I'm surprised nobody hasn't suggested to report the domain yet. Report the domain for abuse to the registrar. They must take again against it.

[Pmalek]

How ?? ??

Why didn't you post here beforehand?

Sadly, he already sent them money, believing it was a legitimate investment company. Too bad that he didn't do his due diligence before sending the funds. I guess he only became suspicious after they requested that he pay taxes and not before that. It seems it wasn't a small amount either.

This is an email sent to me by an investment company where I invested funds.

[Zwei]

I'm surprised nobody hasn't suggested to report the domain yet. Report the domain for abuse to the registrar. They must take again against it.

everyone reading this should report the domain accually. because what's crazy is that, based on the wayback machine, this scam site has been running since at least august 2024.

It seems it wasn't a small amount either.

yeah, sadly it looks like that's the case. they are asking him for 12% of his "invested" funds, so he must have lost ~$35k.

1] IRS TAX FEE: 12% of your investment is  $4200

[bolektusk]

I'm surprised nobody hasn't suggested to report the domain yet. Report the domain for abuse to the registrar. They must take again against it.

everyone reading this should report the domain accually. because what's crazy is that, based on the wayback machine, this scam site has been running since at least august 2024.

It seems it wasn't a small amount either.

yeah, sadly it looks like that's the case. they are asking him for 12% of his "invested" funds, so he must have lost ~$35k.

1] IRS TAX FEE: 12% of your investment is  $4200

Where should it be reported?

Anyone know where the company is registered?

On their about page https://grandaccessinvestment.com/about

They show their 'Certificate of Incorporation with Companies House, London'

but this shows a false number and is fraudulent.

This is a criminal outfit and should be shut down, but I can't work out where it operates from.

[Zwei]

Where should it be reported?

you can report the domain to abuse@dreamscapenetworks.com
i already did it on feb 11 and got a reply saying they would be investigating, but nothing been done about it so far.
maybe if more people report it, that will speed things up.

Anyone know where the company is registered?

On their about page https://grandaccessinvestment.com/about

They show their 'Certificate of Incorporation with Companies House, London'

but this shows a false number and is fraudulent.

there is no company in the first place, it's all fake.

This is a criminal outfit and should be shut down, but I can't work out where it operates from.

do they read/reply to your emails? if they do, try sending them an IP grabber (use grabify and pick a url that looks like a screenshot website), bait them with some dumb question so they click it.
if they are not using a VPN, you will get a close idea on which region they are operating from.

[bolektusk]

Where should it be reported?

you can report the domain to abuse@dreamscapenetworks.com
i already did it on feb 11 and got a reply saying they would be investigating, but nothing been done about it so far.
maybe if more people report it, that will speed things up.

Anyone know where the company is registered?

On their about page https://grandaccessinvestment.com/about

They show their 'Certificate of Incorporation with Companies House, London'

but this shows a false number and is fraudulent.

there is no company in the first place, it's all fake.

This is a criminal outfit and should be shut down, but I can't work out where it operates from.

do they read/reply to your emails? if they do, try sending them an IP grabber (use grabify and pick a url that looks like a screenshot website), bait them with some dumb question so they click it.
if they are not using a VPN, you will get a close idea on which region they are operating from.

Whilst there might not be a formally registered company behind it, there is some sort of organisation involved and if a case could be started showing illegal activity the people behind the website could be exposed and a criminal invesiigation could be started.

As for sending an 'IP grabber' that is beyond the scope of my abilities at present.

One thing I have found is:=

   Domain Name: GRANDACCESSINVESTMENT.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 2858911223_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.crazydomains.com
   Registrar URL: http://www.crazydomains.com.au
   Updated Date: 2026-01-15T19:09:40Z
   Creation Date: 2024-02-26T22:38:41Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2027-02-26T22:38:41Z
   Registrar: Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd
   Registrar IANA ID: 1291
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@dreamscapenetworks.com
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +61 894 220 890
   Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
   Name Server: NS1.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
   Name Server: NS2.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
   Name Server: NS3.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
   Name Server: NS4.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2026-02-18T21:08:01Z <<<

For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp

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registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
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The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
Registrars.
Domain Name: GRANDACCESSINVESTMENT.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2858911223_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.syrahost.com
Registrar URL: http://www.crazydomains.com
Updated Date: 2026-01-15T00:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2024-02-26T00:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2027-02-26T00:00:00Z
Registrar: Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd
Registrar IANA ID: 1291
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@dreamscapenetworks.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +65.69147880
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
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Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Email: https://www.crazydomains.com.au/whois/grandaccessinvestment.com/contact_form/
Name Server: NS1.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
Name Server: NS2.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
Name Server: NS3.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
Name Server: NS4.SERVER145.ISEENCLOUD.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-02-19T00:03:47Z <<<

[bolektusk]

Are you a US citizen?  The information you provided is incomplete and cannot be verified. Please only list who sent you this message. If it's an email from the relevant authorities, this should be legit. Their mail address should be something like mailfrom@irs.gov.

Can I get a definite response from IRS saying that this is not legit?

Who would I ask?

[noorman0]

Can I get a definite response from IRS saying that this is not legit?

Who would I ask?

They provide information to identify legit emails
I think the findings and comments from the members above make it very clear that this is a scam. If you're unsure, send a letter stating that you received a suspicious email. See these instructions. I don't know if they'll respond to you if you're not a user.

[philipma1957]

Are you a US citizen?  The information you provided is incomplete and cannot be verified. Please only list who sent you this message. If it's an email from the relevant authorities, this should be legit. Their mail address should be something like mailfrom@irs.gov.

Can I get a definite response from IRS saying that this is not legit?

Who would I ask?

I worked for the IRS for 2 years
My mom worked for the IRS for  25 years
MY wife worked for the IRS for 32 years.

It is a scam.

As for reporting this  I will say if you are USA Based contact your congressman.


Google who is the  congressman for your zip  code?

In my case who is the congressman for zip code 07731.

Answer is Chris Smith



You could send a copy of the request to

Phishing@irs.gov via an email


You could contact


https://www.Reportfraud.ftc.gov



Sorry for your loss.