One of the scams that almost always appears on our annual list of “most common scams of the year” is the government imposter scam. The most frequent version of this scam involves someone impersonating the Internal Revenue Service saying you owe taxes and asking you to pay immediately via your credit card or by purchasing a pre-paid debit card and calling them back with the card number. Other scammers claim to be from different federal, state or local government agencies. We’ve even had scammers impersonate the attorney general’s office threatening arrest you if you don’t pay a fine immediately. I assure you, we won’t do that.