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403 Forbidden

Anonymous
2018-04-03T22:52:53+00:00

Upon clicking 'submit' button on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Investigative website to submit IRS scam phone call complaint,

I was greeted with "You don't have permission to access /tigta/cgi-bin/tigcomplaint_scam.pl on this server" 

hp envy 360 Win 10 OS,  Office 365, McAfee,   Dish is ISP

How to avoid refusal of complaint submission by this '403'?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-04T16:03:42+00:00

    Hi Sam,

    The 403 Forbidden error is an HTTP status code which means that accessing the page or resource you were trying to reach is absolutely forbidden for some reason that is why you received the message **You don't have permission to access /tigta/cgi-bin/tigcomplaint_scam.pl on this server.**To better assist you, kindly answer the following questions:

    • Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
    • Have you tried using another browser and check if the issue still persists?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

    Meanwhile, I suggest that you follow the steps in this article on how to troubleshoot the 403 Forbidden error**.**

    Let us know if you need further assistance.

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