New phone scam is just that

City Police are warning the public about yet another telephone scam. A caller you are owed thousands of dollars as a reward for paying your taxes on time. As usual in these schemes, you have to pony up hundreds of dollars as a bank transfer fee. Police said the people running the scam had access to quite a bit of the victim's personal information including their dates of birth and social security numbers. Bottom line, paying your taxes on time is expected, nothing special, the government doesn't reward you for it, and don't believe anyone who calls you offering money for anything.