#Avoiding Scams

Key IRS Identity Theft Indicators Continue Dramatic Decline in 2017

Security Summit Marks 2017 Progress Against Identity Theft .

IRS Warns of New Filing Season Scam

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeing the emergence of a new filing season scam.

Employers Beware of Form W-2 Scam

The IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry are urging all employers to educate their payroll personnel about a Form W-2 phishing scam.

IRS Warns of Heightened Fraud Activity

The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry are warning tax professionals about early signs that cybercriminals already are at work.

BBB: Threatening Utility Scam Resurfacing

Multiple reports of scammers calling residents and businesses claiming to be with the local power companies and threatening to shut off their power.

Scam Victims Can File a Claim to Get Their Money Back

You may be in luck if you were the victim of a scam between Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, and Thursday Jan. 19, 2017, and paid the criminal via wire transfer with Western Union.