Scammers target taxpayers before April 15 deadline

Name: Scammers target taxpayers before April 15 deadline
Uploaded: 2026-04-04T09:33:30-04:00
Description: With Tax Day right around the corner, scammers are ramping up efforts to trick taxpayers with fake messages posing as the IRS. We spoke with expert and VP of GCH Technologies, Ariel Reid, about how these convincing texts and social media DMs can lead to stolen money and personal information if you’re not careful.

With Tax Day right around the corner, scammers are ramping up efforts to trick taxpayers with fake messages posing as the IRS. We spoke with expert and VP of GCH Technologies, Ariel Reid, about how these convincing texts and social media DMs can lead to stolen money and personal information if you’re not careful.

Posted April 4, 2026 9:33am EDT