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There is a new phone scam sweeping through Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle.

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.

Since we are in the beginning of tax season, everyone is getting ready and waiting on all their tax forms so they can file their taxes and get their returns.   With all the money coming back to people means, scams will be in full force.

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.

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.

Here's a scam, there's a scam, every where a scam, scam.  It seems that every time you turn around, a new scam has surface.  Before we know it thieves will find a way to scam us for blinking.  Today's new scam involves your cell phone.  It seems this is happening around the Chicago area but it is only a matter of time before it spread so here is your heads up.

Amarillo National Bank has issued a warning about a current phone scam that the bank customers (and non customers) are currently experiencing.

Even the best writers sometimes misspell things, but if you’ve recently gotten an awkwardly worded, typo-laden email that appears to be from daily deal site Groupon, you can rest assured that you didn’t just catch the editors on a bad day. That spelling-challenged missive is the work of scammers.

It has been brought to our attention that our name is being used attached to a scam.  We were made aware of this  scam this morning by a business.   A man claiming to be with Mix 94.1 has been soliciting sponsorships for the Race for the Cure.  I will be the first to tell you that we do not have anyone soliciting sponsorships from Mix 94.1 for Race for the Cure.