scam

It's that time of year when people are starting to do their taxes.   It's something we have to do every single year, we have to get those returns done and in to the IRS.  However, it seems criminals come out of the wood works trying to get your hard earned money.  The Amarillo Police Department is warning of scammers.

There is a new phone scam making its way around the phones of Amarillo residents.  This scam involves someone claiming to be from the Amarillo Police Department claiming they are trying to enforce payment of outstanding IRS taxes.

It seems that more and more door-to-door salesman are popping up in Amarillo.  Most of them are legit however some are not.  It seems that door-to-door scams are taking over and frankly it seems to be getting worse.

It seems that as technology advances, scams become more frequent.  Don't let yourself fall prey to the newest scam to hit our area.

If you have Facebook, you've probably seen one of your friends claiming to have earned a $100 gift card from Kohl's just for taking a survey. Don't believe it.

A door to door home alarm sales tactic taking place in Amarillo has the Amarillo Police Department raising an eyebrow, and sending a beware to all citizens of possible fraud.  They tell us they're currently aware of three recent instances of suspicious activity by people that identify themselves as door to door home alarm salesmen, but don’t know if these “salesmen” are actually alarm company repr

I received a phone call tonight from one of our Kiss FM listeners concerned about a scam going around on Facebook.

A mother from Aurora, Colorado was arrested for allegedly starting a scam that involved her 6-year-old son. Sandy Nguyen, 28, convinced her son, family, friends and community that her son had been diagnosed with cancer.

The Amarillo Police Department are warning folks in Amarillo about a current phone scam that is going on. Police are reporting that this afternoon 20 people have been contacted by phone or text from a phone number with an 806 area code, claiming that their Mastercard has been compromised.

So there is a  Facebook scam going on and I fell for it yesterday.  Apparently scammers are taking your name, information, and profile picture and creating a new profile.

Amarillo police are warning us to beware a possible telephone fraud scam.  If your phone rings, and the caller is claiming to be with APD and is trying to solicit funds, that would be it.  Hang up on them!

Don't you think after maybe losing $20 on a carnival game you would call it quits?