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laidback
03-06-2015, 09:58 AM
For those of us that care about such things, ( that lets out Clem Lemons and his ilk.(No,Clem, an ilk is not an animal that looks like a large deer!)) here is Scamguard's list of top online scams for 2015...https://www.scamguard.com/list-of-scams/?gclid=CjwKEAiAveWnBRCzjqf4zpuUkGYSJABcoZbHsMUG17v E5Atg_NEgLGeEFQPs9mhqP3cg9Y6aT1rLuhoCUTrw_wcB

ribshaw
03-06-2015, 10:42 AM
This is an interesting addition.

IRS Completes the "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams for 2015 (http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Completes-the-Dirty-Dozen-Tax-Scams-for-2015)


Phone Scams: Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remains an ongoing threat to taxpayers. The IRS has seen a surge of these phone scams in recent months as scam artists threaten police arrest, deportation, license revocation and other things. The IRS reminds taxpayers to guard against all sorts of con games that arise during any filing season.