Most would agree that this whole “pay your taxes” thing we do every April pretty much sucks. What sucks worse is doing the right thing, playing by the rules, paying what you owe, and then finding out you’ve been taken by a scammer.
And it happens all the time.
That’s exactly what the Rockford Regional Office of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning about as the April 15th tax deadline gets ever closer. According to the BBB, tax scams tend to spike in the final stretch of filing season, when people are rushed, stressed, and more likely to overlook red flags…