NYLON – The Internal Revenue Service warned all taxpayers about the threat of tax scams at the height of tax season. The IRS says that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has received 90,000 complaints of scammers calling people claiming to be the IRS and identified about 1,100 victims who have lost an estimated total of $5 million. "There are clear warning signs about these scams, which continue at high levels … [Read more...]
ALERT: Scammers Calling Geneseo Residents Claiming to be RGE
GENESEO – Geneseo Police are responding to multiple complaints of scammers calling village residents threatening to close their Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) accounts and insisting that they pay a fee via Green Dot card. According to Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, his department has responded to three separate complaints Wednesday morning of someone calling and insisting that they are RG&E, and that whoever answers the phone … [Read more...]
Geneseo Police concerned over new phone scam
GENESEO -- The Geneseo Police Department would like to warn the community of potential scammers calling residences. According to a news release sent out by the Geneseo Police Department, scammers are posing as workers from local electric, water or gas companies. The callers tell people they are late on their utility bill and their service will be shut off if the bill is not paid immediately. The scam comes in when the callers then instruct … [Read more...]