The IRS is warning taxpayers of a phone scam as tax season approaches. Franklin Square resident Hesham Khafaga says he got a call from Washington, D.C. yesterday, from someone claiming to be an ...

In a YouTube video released this week, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas warns of IRS telephone scams as Tax Day approaches. To get his point across, Rackauckas shows a clip of Tucker’s exchange.

Officials say the actual IRS will never make first contact by phone.

A fraud-detection firm captured an audio recording of the scam that has cost unsuspecting taxpayers more than $1 million dollars.

DALLAS – This tax season is bringing out a sophisticated batch of scam artists. Crooks are calling homeowners and claiming they work for the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS says don't fall for it.

Criminals masquerading as Internal Revenue Service agents have bilked more than $1 million from thousands of taxpayers in the largest such phone scam the IRS has seen, the agency's watchdog said ...

Dangerous "IRS" scam unfolding on your phone March 4, 2015 / 7:47 AM EST / CBS News There's a new alert about a massive phone scam involving criminals posing as IRS agents.

Officers said the IRS telephone scam is becoming more aggressive and sophisticated. Scammers are targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, claiming to be from the IRS.

The scam letter, which comes in a cardboard envelope, is designed to trick people into believing that they are owed a refund, the IRS said.

The IRS phone scam continues to plague people living in the Puget Sound region, with KING 5 hearing reports from scores of viewers.

Despite warnings about a pervasive tax scam involving phone calls from fraudsters posing as IRS representatives, the scheme continues. So far, more than 90,000 complaints have been filed with the ...

The IRS says people in nearly every state have been targeted by a new phone scam. Taxpayers, beware: Fraudsters impersonating IRS agents are calling people across the country demanding they pay ...