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Identity theft top complaint: FTC releases annual report

Feb 15, 2008 by Tom Fragala

The Federal Trade Commision released it's annual publication "Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data" for January-December 2007. The number one complaint category, 4 times more than number 2, is, of course, identity theft. The FTC today released the list of top consumer...

Oct 25, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Whenever there is a natural disaster, the fraudsters appear. The FBI issued a warning to the public concerning potential disaster related fraud schemes in connection with the recent Southern California wildfires, often fake charities. More information concerning potential scams is...

Sep 29, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Ed Dickson, over at the Fraudwar blog, has an article that I wish citizen could read and every law enforcement officer would be trained on. It’s about this amorphous set of fraud and scams that are similar at one level, although they appear...

Jul 29, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

MSNBC had an interesting Dateline show recently about catching ID thieves. The show created a fake online electronics store and advertised it as one that accepts stolen credit cards to pay for merchandise. Apparently such stores exist, so no one became suspicious. When the news crew tracked the...

Jul 23, 2007 by Tom Fragala

The other day I came across a web site that sells “novelty” identity cards of many types. Social Security cards, driver’s licenses, diplomas, birth certificates, work permits, contractor certifications, you name it. I saw it mentioned in a forum where...

Jul 15, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

According to a news story from Pennsylvania, scammers are convincing professionals that they have been hired to kill them. Apparently the scammers will search the internet for information and contact information on their subjects. They use the information they find to scare them by...

Jul 9, 2007 by Tom Fragala

The FBI issued a fraud alert today. They did a good job of boiling down the most common fraud schemes into eight key questions. If you do anything on the Internet related to purchases, auctions, lotteries, or jobs/employment please read this: IF YOU ANSWER “YES”...

Jul 9, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Beware of a new scam where a caller claims to be from the Social Security Administration and offers to increase your benefits. They are using scare tactics to pressure individuals to give out their bank account numbers. A Social Security spokesperson...

Jul 5, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Here’s another scheme that I often see. Many of my clients have complained that debt elimination (also called debt settlement) companies take their money and run. The victims I’ve worked with were lucky that they only lost money, because according to...

Jul 3, 2007 by Tom Fragala

The New York Times has an article about a group of folks whose hobby is fooling and embarrassing “419” scammers. You know, those emails you get (often called Nigerian or 419 schemes) usually about some overseas money that you are...

Jun 25, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Here’s a great blog by Susan Brenner that gives a lot of information about caller ID spoofing that can be used to steal identities or even worse. The spoofing is being used to commit identity theft and other types of fraud, though,...

Jun 16, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I often get the question, “should I enter my pin number at the store for extra security with my debit card?”. The answer is contrary to what you might think. Don't use your pin number! A question and answer column sums it...

Jun 11, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

High foreclosure rates in neighborhoods can many times be blamed on identity thieves. Here's an article that talks about how they do it. The thief in this case is a mortgage broker that bought and sold homes, but usually under...

Jun 10, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Does the FTC’s Do Not Call list accept mobile phone numbers? Yes. Is there some expiration date for that? No. Have you heard a rumor (probably via email) that the FCC going to allow telemarketers to call cell phones all...

Jun 4, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

According to this article, scammers pose as if they are from the fraud department of Visa or MasterCard and rattle off a purchase on the credit card that the cardholder didn’t make. The caller promises to reimburse the cardholder once a 1-800 number is called...

Jun 1, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Craigslist.com is a website that lets sellers post ads for free. A man selling a truck on Craigslist was almost bilked by a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam that I’ve blogged about previously. A buyer named “Jimmy Davis” wanted to buy...

May 24, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I constantly hear rumblings about the Jury Duty Scam and Tom Fragala has blogged about it previously on this site. Based on this article it sounds like the residents of Florida are getting hit hard by it. According to the investigators, scheme artists are calling victims...

May 22, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

An article in The New York Times describes a truly harmful practice. Companies that maintain data on individuals often create lists of the elderly, those with cancer, even those that gamble and then sell those lists to companies that have been known to commit fraud. An unethical...

May 21, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

A new scam is surfacing in Maine where the caller tries to convince the person on the other end of the phone that his social security card is no longer valid and that a new one needs to be reissued. It...

May 17, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I’ve blogged before that identity thieves often target businesses by creating fake checks in the business’ name and cashing them. Another twist that I’m hearing more and more about are scammers sending fake invoices in the hopes that a business will go...

May 10, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I found a really interesting article on ID theft that provides a whole different perspective – it’s from the ID thief’s point of view. The thief tells how he did it so that the public can learn from it (but only after...

May 8, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Three Penn State Berks students were arrested for their part in a debit card scam. They had convinced other students to hand over their ATM cards, and wait a few days before claiming their card was stolen. Meanwhile the students in charge of the...

May 6, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I read an excellent blog with a summary of scams that target individuals and businesses with less-than-stellar credit. Scammers know that as your credit score goes down, your options for credit do too. They feed upon the desperation of an individual with a...

May 3, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Beware of ANY emails regarding the recent Virginia Tech shootings. There is a scam that comes by email claiming to have video from the shootings. If you open up the email to watch the video you actually download a computer...

Apr 28, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Inmates in one jail have come up with a plan to "gain control of the phone line to make long-distance and collect calls on the victim's dime", and I'm thinking it may be just a matter of time before inmates...

Apr 28, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

In Kansas, identity thieves are phishing for information by acting as collection agencies and calling to collect on an unpaid debt. When the victims deny that the account is theirs, the caller tells them to file a police report and...

Apr 26, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

If you have negative marks on your credit, the thought of removing the information can sound really appealing. Before you pay a credit repair company to work its magic, beware of the way they do it. The most common strategy...

Apr 25, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

If you ate in a restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown, NY City, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jersey or Connecticut recently, check your credit card statement carefully because you may be a victim of credit card fraud. Waiters in 40 restaurants skimmed information from...

Apr 15, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

The elderly are targets of a scam in Iowa, according to KHQA 7 online, where the caller claims to represent Medicare and asks for personal information. Victims have been known to give social security and bank account numbers. Medicare doesn't...

Apr 13, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Just when I thought I had seen everything, it got worse! I've blogged on mystery shopping fraud and also nigerian money scams, but now to make matters worse, the two have combined to really take advantage of consumers! According to...

Apr 11, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I’m a big fan of Clark Howard – a consumer advocate with a nationally syndicated radio show. He’s alerting eBay buyers to a new scam that is successfully duping even experienced buyers. In his March newsletter, he explains how it’s done. Scammers build up...

Apr 10, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Some identity thieves will stand extremely close to you while you’re using your ATM card and watch as you put in your pin. If you become distracted after your PIN is entered and your ATM card is still in the...

Apr 9, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

According to an earlier blog of mine, vishing is an effective way to steal a victim’s identity. Scammers can create any phone number to show up on caller ID, which creates a lot of new opportunities for identity theft. For...

Apr 2, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

A while back I blogged about mystery shopping and all the scams that go along with it. It looks like the FTC is also leery of the scams associated with the industry. According to this FTC announcement, the FTC is charging multiple companies...

Apr 1, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

To add to Tom's blog about scammers stealing the identities of the deceased, here are some more tips from an id theft article in the Times-Picayune. Send copies of the death certificate to all three credit-reporting agencies, as well as...

Apr 1, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Michelle recently blogged about this topic. And the WSJ Sunday has a story on how scammers target families of the recently deceased with tips on how to avoid it. Families in mourning have yet another burden to contend with in the...

Mar 29, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Identity thieves will swoop in on the dead because for them, the best identity theft victim is one that no longer needs his credit and won't ever realize it's been stolen! Here's how one thief in Louisiana managed to grab...

Mar 27, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I counseled a fraud victim recently that wrote a check to a stranger that came to the door selling Mary Kay. My client bought a small item from the woman and wrote a $5 check. It turned out that the...

Mar 26, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

I've worked with a number of clients that have paid companies to search for college scholarships and fill out financial aid forms on their behalf, but I’ve never heard anything positive about the companies they’ve paid to help them. There’s...

Mar 18, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Here’s an interesting story that gives insight into identity theft by way of card skimming. According to the 680 news in Seattle, Three men from the G-T-A are facing 80 fraud charges related to a debit card skimming scam in...

Mar 11, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Beware of email scams related to the daylight saving jump. Because daylight savings is taking place three weeks sooner than usual, it may cause some problems for computers and electronic devices. Daylight savings has received some media hype and that...

Mar 8, 2007 by Tom Fragala

The Wall Street Journal has a story on skimming devices on point-of-sale systems like the fraud scheme which happened at the Stop & Shop stores recently. The article highlights the weaknesses at the POS at retail locations. Another reminder to...

Mar 2, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Be leery if an ATM machine seems to swallow your card—you may be just about to become an identity theft victim. According to the Hillsboro Argus in Oregon, ATMs can be rigged by thieves to hold onto your ATM card...

Feb 27, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Vishing refers to voice-phishing to get a victim’s vital information. It happens when an identity thief poses as a customer service rep from a bank or credit card company and calls to ask the victim to verify their information. The...

Feb 22, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

There’s a new scam that targets hotel customers while they are staying at the hotel. If you get a phone call from the front desk of the hotel you’re staying at, beware if the caller asks for your credit card...

Feb 20, 2007 by Tom Fragala

In a bold scam similar to what happens to ATM cash machines (see this video), data thieves setup skimming devices on the keypads in the checkout lanes at some Shop & Stop supermarket stores in New England. That really takes...

Feb 17, 2007 by Tom Fragala

This video (from the UK) shows how an ATM skimming scheme can steal your ATM card number and PIN. The moral is watch out for shady looking ATM machines and put your hand and body over the keypad while you...

Feb 15, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Ed at the Fraudwar blog has a post on watching out for scams during tax season, including the IRS' 2007 dirty dozen tax scams. Check it out....

Feb 13, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

When I think of skimming, I think of waiters and credit cards. As the story goes, once the waiter is out of your sight, he runs the credit card through a reader that read your credit card account number. The...

Feb 8, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

The first sign of a scam is that you can make a lot of money for only a little work. Mystery shopping happens to be one of those nebulous terms that make people think they can get paid very well...

Feb 8, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

Scams come in all shapes and sizes and are a lot of times used to commit identity theft. I want to alert the public to some very creative scams in hopes that individuals will recognize a scam for what it...

Feb 2, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Neovi, Inc., the company behind the notorious Qchex has launched an ever-so-slightly revised new service called gochex. Qchex was the service that enabled vast fraudulent activity and was shutdown by the Federal Trade Commission. My most recent post explaining this...

Jan 31, 2007 by Michelle Pastor

If you get information of a class-action lawsuit against a baby product manufacturer, beware!! It may be a scam designed to find out your child’s vital information including social security number and name – all the information an identity thief...

Jan 16, 2007 by Tom Fragala

Update 1/23/07: It appears a real company called RationalFX was the target itself of corporate ID theft and was incorrectly shown here to be the scammers themselves. RationalFX (at www.rationalFX.com) is a legitimate business and a victim of phishing attacks....

Dec 30, 2006 by Michelle Pastor

Just heard an interesting twist on an old scam. The Nigerian scam, also known as the advance fee scam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud), gets a lot of press but surprisingly it’s still a very successful scam. A new variation of the scam targets...

Dec 17, 2006 by Michelle Pastor

According to the Denver Post, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made identity theft the primary focus for the first time in its December 12th raid on illegal immigrants working at Swift meat-packing plants. ICE officials detained an undetermined number...

Dec 13, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Heightmax is a scam that offered an herbal/vitamin supplement that promised to help young people grow. It cost around $60 a bottle which was supposed to be a month’s supply. Looks like the FTC finally got wise and nailed the fraudster...

Nov 15, 2006 by Tom Fragala

I recently reported how the annualcreditreport.com home page is very misleading, causing visitors to erroneously click on the logos of the three credit bureaus. This leads you away from the only site authorized to provide the free annual credit report...

Nov 10, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Today the Social Security Administration issued a press release warning about an email scam. While this is certainly serious, what struck me was their apparent cluelessness about phishing scams. The term phishing doesn't appear anywhere in the press release even...

Nov 8, 2006 by Tom Fragala

I've been droning on for years about check scams; work-at-home scams, 419/Nigerian scams, cashier's check fraud, and Internet/auction fraud. It may be the most common consumer fraud after identity theft. Read this story by David Lazarus in the SF Chronicle...

Nov 8, 2006 by Michelle Pastor

Here in Colorado, we're not proud of it, but we have the worst foreclosure rate in the nation. It's been a real concern so officials investigated, and their findings surprised me! According to an October 29 article in the Denver...

Sep 12, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Over 14,000 phishing websites were detected in July. And this represents over 154 “brands” (Paypal, banks, credit unions, etc.). Got this from Computerworld. The number of phishing sites -- or fraudulent Web sites try to fool people into handing over...

Sep 11, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued an alert today. There are millions of phishing emails sent every day. This one is notable because the scammers thought it would be effective to pose as the FBI. The FBI has been alerted...

Aug 28, 2006 by Tom Fragala

If you ever take a laptop with you while traveling by air, watch out for this scam. The Federal Aviation Authority has warned about a common scam to steal laptops at airport security. Basically, what happens is that a team...

Aug 21, 2006 by Tom Fragala

This was announced last year, but I thought those who missed it might like a reminder. There is a FBI consumer scam site called www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com. where you can find some information about scams and how to prevent them. They also...

Aug 18, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Ted Richardson has a post on Qchex. I blogged about them in May 2005 over on scamsafe.com. They make it criminally easy to commit check fraud, or even worse, demand draft fraud. I was even contacted by NBC television about...

Aug 16, 2006 by Tom Fragala

I rarely post about phishing attacks here because there are so many of them. I tried to post summaries of weekly phishing attacks back in 2004 on my scamsafe.com blog and it quickly became pointless—there are hundreds or thousands of...

Aug 10, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Updates below… I probably receive two dozen emails a week from people asking about check cashing and work at home scams. There are hundreds or even thousands of these running simultaneously and they aggressively target people in the U.S. Often,...

Aug 10, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an alert. Watch out for scams (primarily emails) that prey on our desire to help out military members deployed in Iraq and elsewhere....

Aug 9, 2006 by Tom Fragala

ConsumerAffairs.com has an article on 3 new ways scammers can steal your sensitive data. But it’s not really new overall, it’s just a different twist on pretexting. Someone calls you posing as someone else in order to get confidential data,...

Aug 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Lottery scams, especially international lottery schemes, have been around a long time. The Internet makes it easier for the fraudsters to reach the public. A Canadian lottery outfit is warning Americans to watch out for a lottery letter scam. Typically these dirtbags will...

Aug 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

ConsumerAffairs.com has the full details. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against a Waco, Texas, insurance company and its affiliates for targeting American military personnel with a deceptive sales program that misleadingly suggested that investing in the company's...

Aug 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Fraudwar has a post that gives me hope that Nigeria is going to crack down on the massive market for fraud there. Nigeria has been a nexus for fraud against people and businesses in the U.S. for decades. Scams like...

Jul 19, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued this alert on June 28, 2006. The FBI has been alerted to a newly discovered malware located at www.irrealhost.com. Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's consent.The...

Jul 17, 2006 by Tom Fragala

You will be hearing a lot about this scam. The “v” in vishing stands for Voice over IP. I blogged about it recently here. And the Wall Street Journal has an article today on vishing: Customers of Santa Barbara Bank &...

Jul 13, 2006 by Tom Fragala

You may recall that services allowing people to produce faked caller ID on calls had me concerned (more here). Apparently, Congress may actually do something about this. GuardMyCreditFile has more. The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006 has already been passed...

Jul 11, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Jim Malmberg at GuardMyCreditFile has an article on Vishing, saying “Vishing is similar to phishing accept that instead of using e-mail to lure their victims, Vishers actually use VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) to make cheap long distance phone calls...

Jun 21, 2006 by Tom Fragala

More on one of my favorite scams going, Heightmax. Here’s an excerpt from an ABC News WFTS TV report. (Hat tip to Rob). The following is a conversation between ABC Action News reporter Linda Hurtado and the president of Sunny...

May 25, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Mitchell Zuckoff wrote a pheomenal article in the The New Yorker that takes you deep inside an international advance-fee scam (also known as a Nigerian or 419 scheme). The victim (or accomplice depending on your interpretation) is a man in his sixties,...

May 23, 2006 by Tom Fragala

If you fall victim to fraud over the Internet or by telephone, in addition to reporting such crimes to your local law enforcement, here’s what you can do to help catch the criminals or at least help alert the government to...

May 23, 2006 by Tom Fragala

From U.S. Newswire, a press release announcing a crack down on a huge number of scams in the U.S. The fraudulent schemes investigated accounted for nearly 3 million victims through criminals operating in the US, Canada, Cost Rica and Holland....

Apr 29, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The New Bern Sun Journal has an article on public forums in North Carolina to educate citizens on common scams and ID theft. There will be 24 of the Scam Jams held in NC through November. The Scam Jams will...

Apr 16, 2006 by Tom Fragala

In a recent post, I talked about a Caller ID fake out service called SpoofCard. Looks like I was right when I said the FCC has jurisdiction over these types of services. Wired News has a story on proposed legislation...

Apr 11, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Have you heard about SpoofCard? It's a calling card that let's you change the CallerID number that appears on the phone you are calling to. And it doesn't even have to be a 10 digit number. You could send "411"...

Apr 5, 2006 by Tom Fragala

From the FTC website: Two corporate defendants and their principals have settled Federal Trade Commission charges for duping consumers into paying an advance fee for credit cards they never received, in violation of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Telemarketing...

Mar 29, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Update 8/8/06:The receiver Thomas F. Lennon posted a 1 page letter updating the situation on July 17 2006. You can find that letter here (PDF file). If you are a victim of 12 Daily Pro you need to know this....

Mar 15, 2006 by Tom Fragala

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (full story), a federal judge has halted a massive fraudulent billing scheme that has collected more than $25 million in bogus collect call charges from hundreds of thousands of consumers. The FTC...

Mar 12, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Another reminder, watch out for tax related scams. Here’s more from the IRS (and tax scams can also be focused on your state tax agency, too). ...

Mar 8, 2006 by Tom Fragala

One of the biggest scam stories of the year is the auto-surf Ponzi scheme run by Charis Johnson called 12DailyPro. Her next scam she attempts to launch will probably be called HitsDailyPro. If you haven't read my previous posts on...

Mar 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

From Senior Journal: If senior citizens don't have enough problems sorting out the Medicare prescription drug program, now they have to be alert to the possibility of being scammed by crooks that offer to help them enroll in the new...

Mar 4, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Have money in 12 Daily Pro? Here’s what to do if you're a victim: 1. File a complaint online with the FBI at www.ic3.gov.2. Wait. UPDATE: See this new post for important news. 12 Daily Pro, the Ponzi scheme, and the SEC...

Mar 4, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Another report by ABC Channel 4 KTVX. If you particpated in the 12 Daily Pro program, you’re probably going to lose any money you don’t already have out. And all you can do now is report it (see below) and...

Mar 4, 2006 by Tom Fragala

ABC-TV Channel 4 reports: 12 Daily Pro investors may eventually get some of their money back, but it is going to take a while. For the first time, Charis Johnson [the head scammer at 12 Daily Pro] is talking to the...

Mar 2, 2006 by Tom Fragala

In response to the 12DailyPro scam, the SEC has issued an investor alert entitled "Auto-Surfing”: What You Need to Know. Here’s an excerpt. In the world of marketing, people often get compensated — with cash or free products and services— for...

Feb 28, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The Securities and Exchange Commission and 12dailypro have reached a tentative agreement that essentially ends the Charlotte Web marketing firm's alleged $50 million scheme that attracted 300,000 members worldwide in less than a year. In a complaint, the SEC...

Feb 27, 2006 by Tom Fragala

An increasing number of scam artists are targeting Hurricane Katrina victims and officials say the schemes appear to be getting more creative by the day. Linwood Grierson, vice president at Merchants & Marine Bank, and Ellen Cole, president of The...

Feb 26, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Fraudulent emails from supposedly trusted organizations show no signs of slowing down. Bottom line: NEVER trust any email that asks you to enter, confirm or update any personal information… Several major financial institutions urge consumers to avoid fraudulent e-mails. Texas...

Feb 21, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Officials Warn Of Jury Duty Identity Theft Scam. Callers Ask For Personal Information.North Texas police are warning about a telephone scheme that has trapped victims in nine states. Officials said the caller or callers make the victims think they were...

Feb 16, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FBI has launched a formal investigation into 12dailypro… The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has initiated an inquiry into 12dailyPro.com, an Internet marketing company that has shut down most operations amid...

Feb 14, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Company Charged Customers for “Free” Samples; Made Deceptive Claims for Some PillsThe Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against marketers selling dietary supplements, including Avlimil and Rogisen. According to the complaint, the defendants have been offering consumers “free” samples of...

Feb 14, 2006 by Tom Fragala

A charity scam that bilked people out of $10 million was shut down in Wisconsin. An Appleton man is among eight people arrested Tuesday in connection with a charity solicitation scam that allegedly brought in more than $10 million during...

Feb 11, 2006 by Tom Fragala

Bank officials were warning Missouri residents of a new telephone scam targeting elderly bank customers.A statewide warning was issued by the Missouri Bankers Association regarding the scam, which attempts to obtain personal banking information from the elderly, according to a...

Feb 10, 2006 by Tom Fragala

I thought I was onto something big when I posted the other day about 12 Daily Pro. Sure enough, in today’s Wall Street Journal there is an article entitled FBI, SEC Probe Web Sites Offering Large Returns for Looking at...

Feb 8, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The Internet payment system Stormpay is involved in a battle over their reputation with one of their e-commerce customers. It’s a confusing story, so I recommend you read the story below, especially the links off the page. The gist of...

Feb 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

As often happens, fraudsters are always quick to pick up on unfortunate events and take advantage of people. The other day I posted about the newspaper credit card debacle. Now the Massachusetts Attorney General has issed a fraud alert about a...

Feb 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala

The IRS published a report today outlining scams that take advantage of consumers—and scams that consumers try to pull on the IRS itself. IRS says 'phishing' and zero wages are just some of the cons being run by tax cheaters...

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