Holiday shopping season is now peak season for tax fraud, and the Internal Revenue Service is warning that criminals are working just as hard as retailers in the final stretch before Christmas.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: A sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seen outside its building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Losing money ...

Americans scrolling through social media are encountering a flood of posts claiming new federal stimulus checks are arriving this month, but the IRS has issued a stern warning that these viral claims ...

Have you received text messages claiming to be from a shipping service? Or maybe from a kind of agency? Here's how to spot, ...

Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent ...

Tax rebates recently approved by the federal government to stimulate the economy have also stimulated a host of tax-rebate scams, some of which are aimed at nonprofit groups. The Internal Revenue ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning New Yorkers to be on alert for scammers spreading false information about the state’s inflation refund checks through text messages, phone calls, emails ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul is warning the public against scams in connection with the state’s inflation refund checks. Following Hochul’s announcement that the State has ...

CLINTON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Department of Revenue is warning Mississippi taxpayers of ongoing nationwide text scams that now have reached the state. MDR said it had received reports of ...

IRS issues holiday warning as Christmas scams rise nationwide: The IRS has issued a fresh holiday alert as the Christmas season triggers a nationwide surge in scam activity targeting taxpayers.