the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your return is missing or wrong -- that could also be red flags. return was filed for one person you didn't file. more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information -- to steal your money. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney today in iowa continues in a moment the person who lives here... has to solve problems as big as the world... and as small as your kitchen table. that's the job. everyday. and now, the first lady who helped get healthcare for eight million kids... the senator who helped a city rise again... the secr

the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid pele who base their fee on a percentage of your and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your return is missing or wrong -- that could also be red flags. common examples of idenenty theft from tax returns -- finding out more than one return was filed for one person in a year. or seeing more tax owed or refund offset for a year you didn't f)le. another seems like a good thing -- but it's not. irs records pointing to more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information -- to steal your money. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney " tim: wall street is having a parti

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emerald, an irs imposter cheated a pastor out of 16 thousand dollars? yes--this type of scamming is so rampant, the pastor even testified before congress about his problems. so far, phony irs agents have tried to trick hundreds of thousands of people by harassing them over the phone and demanding money. and it's cost taxpayers more than 15 million dollars. reverend al cadenhead was one of those taxpayers. he got a call from a scammer who used a washington dc number to make him think he was speaking with someone from the irs. the imposter told him he was being charged with tax fraud... and threatened him with jail time. that person then said the only way to get rid of his problem was to send in money. lawmakers say the problem is getting and some of the people involved in this scam are right in our own backyard. two people in florida have already been arrested for working with a call center in india to try and trick people into thinking they worked for the irs. and just to be safe-- here are some things to keep in mind to make sure you don't get scammed.

the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid people who base their fee on a percentage of your refund. and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your return is missing or wrong -- that could also be red flags. common examples of identity theft from tax returns -- finding out more than one return was filed for one person in a year. or seeing more tax owed or refund offset for a year you didn't file. another seems like a good thing -- but it's not. irs records pointing to more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information -- to steal your money." elias: sam is back now... sam it was hard to call yesterday warm, but being back in the 20s for our hig

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launching a public service announcement warning taxpayers about the phone scammers who chamber to be an irs agent. >> they are a just ruthless criminals, and they don't care about people, they don't about anything other than trying to intimidate you into paying them money. the tip-off is if you don't pay immediately, you're going to go to jail. that is the tip-off. the irs will never make a telephone call like that. >> well, if you do get a call like that, the irs advises you >>> job seekers in lexington you want to listen up tonight. tomorrow the dss is sponsoring a job fair from 9 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. four local businesses will be looking to hire new employees. the job fair will be held in the community room in the hexington county dss office located on south lake drive in lexington. . >>> tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote for the first presidential primary. it is set for february 20th. meanwhile, to register for the vote on the primary dead line is a week from tomorrow on january 27th. the democratic primary is february 27th. if you have moved, make sure yo

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. >> reporter: from someone claiming to be an irs agent telling you to pay up or else. >> within the next hour they will be at your doorstep to handcuff you and put you behind bars. >> reporter: the government launching a new campaign warning you to be on high alert for scammers as tax season begins. melissa dagan says she was conned out of more than $15,000. >> i would like, what can i do to fix this? there is no way i can be arrested. >> reporter: 35,000 victims losing more than $26 million, the number of these calls tripling in the last year to nearly 1 million. even the treasury department's call. >> at the end i had the joy of coming. you called the wrong guy. it's fake. it's not the irs if. >> if you don't pay money immediately you'll be arrested. >> reporter: the real irs never threatens. they always send a letter first. these scammers are changing their game as people become more aware but what hasn't changed these threatening alls, ifyou receive one, report it. but first just hang up. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> they've got a tactic where they use spoofing and have

says you should if you get a similar call. >> the first contact is not going to be from a call, from an irs agent calling your home and it' s not going to contain a threat of arrest if you don' t make payments. suzanne: if the irs thinks you of them money, the irs generally first contacts people by mail not by phone and the irs will not ask for payment using a pre-paid debit card, a money order or wire a transfer. the irs also will not ask for a phone. in the studio, suzanne roantree. tom: a local woman has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in manchester and according to court documents, a romantic partner pressured her into doing it. melissa boucher gave a note to a teller at member' s first credit union on bridge street in march. she got away with thousands of dollars, and split it with her partner. authorities say she used the money to buy heroin and overdosed. when paramedics revived her, they found large amounts of cash in her clothes. a state police trooper says he had to use his taser on this man during his arrest. the trooper pulled douglas gray over on i-95 in portsmouth last night.

the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid people who base their fee on a percentage of your refund. and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your return is missing or wrong, that could also be red flags. common examples of identity theft from tax returns -- finding out more than one return was filed for one person in a year or seeing more tax owed or refund offset for a year you didn't file. another seems like a good thing but it's not. irs records pointing to more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information to steal your money. for consumer watch, i'm mary moloney. >> rochelle: good things to keep in min

the scammers calling claiming to be an irs agent. in march of last year, about 36 6,000 people had been called by the scammers and now it is more than 9 00,000. and the total amount of money stolen has grown from $15 million to more than $26 million. >>> tip-off is if you don't payed in, you're going to go to jail that is the tip off. the irs will never make a telephone call like that. >> we warned you tabata before. if you do get a call like that, the irs says you should just hang up the phone. >>> there is another way criminals are getting access to your personal information and money. >> they're taking advantage of your poor choices of passwords. the most stolen computer splash data reviewed a list of millions of stolen passwords made public over the year, one, two, three, four, five, six. once again, the most stolen password, and password remains the number two password that was stolen. this is a lesson there. don't use those. >> we have mentioned it before and people keep doing it. >>> we're less than three weeks away from super

folks will be out informing residents about the plans veil and the possibility of an irs tax panelity. it's either $695 or 2.5% of am income, whichever is greater. >>> a d.c. firefighter cannot the retire and will now face a trial board after a botched emergency response. this is the station the fire lieutenant worked out of in tenleyto tenleytown. the station is blocks away from where a 911 phone call was made about a choking toddler. according to an internal review, the dispatcher did not tell the status and the 18 month old later died. earlier this month, the lieutenant handed thin reiremet paperwork. he's expected to appeal. >>> people across several states could hear military jets took to the skies. the sonic booms actually traveled from new jersey to connecticut. they came from f-35 and f-18 fighter jets. the navy says it was doing shall training runs off the jersey coast. jets are based in maryland. >>> another arrest has been made in southern california as the hunt continues for three skipesd inmates. they arrested a woman who taught at the bail. they say the 44-year-old gave

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federal officials say tolook for an irs preparer's tax identification number when choosing an agency. and note if the person does not askfor receipts or not asking enough questions about deductions and credit could be a warning sign that something is wrong. finally, never sign a blank tax return. >> the irs warns tax times is common time for identity thefts. finding out more than one return has already been filed for a one person in a year. next, you see more taxowed or refund offset for a year you did not file and missing the something is not right. >> finally, look for irs records pointing to more wages than actually earned. better business bureau launched thenew tool calls scam tracker and it allows you not to report scam but find out anyone in your area has been scammed. you can see the type of scam reported and when it was reported. >>> still to come this morning, when the presidential race turns into a battle of the billionaires? >> michael bloomberg is mourning over a third party run and what donald trump is thinking of that, coming up. >>> what if a tow truck damages >>> welco

. >>> if you believe someone tried to steal your tax refund by filing in your name, fill out an irs identity theft form. we posted a lick at wspa.com. -- a link at wspa.com. >>> this stage is set and in less than two hours, the governor nikki haley will deliver her state of the state address. >>> around the world, 2015 was the holtest year -- hottest year on record. what does that tell scientists about the future? i'm in greenbelt, maryland with that story, coming up. >>> first, a quick check of traffic. we have 85 and 385 in greenville county. the roads are wet. we already see one accident here on 385. is going to get dangerous out there tonight. stay put. weather situation welcome back to live at 5 .. governor nikki haley will be giving her annual state of the state address tonight ... in it .. she'll spell out >>> welcome back. governor nikki haley will be giving her state of the state address. >> she will lay out where she thinks the state is and where the state will go. we have gone to columbia with a preview of that big speech. addie? >> reporter: gordon, word around the shouse is gove

only if you haved or authorized tax preparers have an irs tax preparer identification number. check the irs database to see if your preparer is actually credentialed. >> and we have had some bad days to start out the year but this morning the markets are looking up. >> reporter: you do what you did the last two weeks, which is a lot of nothing. continue. this morning markets are up because we got expected data out of china that confirmed growth slowed but not by so much we should be worried. chinese market and european markets up, and the dow indicated 250 points higher this morning. most importantly perhaps, crude oil up nearly 6% this morning. we're keeping an eye on that oil market. >> thanks a lot. let's check the travel forecast now with chris. >>> busy in the middle of the denver. a new storm moving into california, some rain out that way and snow possibly in st. louis. temperatures in the 40s for seattle and portland, 70 in phoenix and 23 in kansas city. getting a little snow in st. tonight into tomorrow, 10 in minneapolis, 15 in chicago. the eastern part of country is o

. >> reporter: from someone claiming to be an irs agent telling you to pay up or else. >> within theext hour they will be at your doorstep to handcuff and you put you behind the bars. >> reporter: the government launching a new campaign warning you to be high alert for scammers as tax season begins. melissa degan says she was conned over more than $15,000. >> i was just like what can i do to fix this? there's no way i can be arrested. >> reporter: 5,000 victims losing more than $26 million. the number of these calls tripling in the last year to nearly 1 million. even the treasury department's top investigator received a call. >> at the end i had the joy of telling them their day is coming. you called the wrong guy. >> reporter: how do you know the call is fake? >> it's not the irs if -- >> if somebody tells you if you don't pay money immediately that you're going to be arrested. >> reporter: the real irs never threatens, and if they need to reach you they always send a letter first. and these scammers are changing their game as people become more aware. but what hasn't changed, these