IRS Warns That Tax Preparer And Refund Scam Is Getting Worse

NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) –  A tax scam aimed at stealing consumer refunds has ballooned, with the IRS reporting that the number of potential victims has soared from a few hundred to “several thousand in just days.”
Uncovered in the first week of filing season, the con appears to have started in tax preparers’ offices, where infected computers provided access to complete return data on thousands of consumers. The crooks are using the purloined data — including Social