Beware of these ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams

As tax season is heating up, so are the scams. The Internal Revenue Service has rolled out its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for the 2018 filing season. Many of the scams are perennial, showing up year after year, while others have a new twist on an old con. One such example is […]
Emerging tax scam takes new turn
Scam artists are now defrauding taxpayers by first putting money into their bank accounts – before taking it out. It sounds crazy, but it’s true. The IRS is reporting an increasing number of scams involving fraudulent tax refunds. The scam is multi-tiered with scam artists first obtaining their victims’ personal identity and bank account information […]