Property tax scam
As if there weren't enough scams targeting homeowners: Annie Linskey reports today that a woman pretending to be a city tax collector tricked an elderly Baltimore resident into paying her more than $300 for "overdue" property taxes.
From the story:
According to police, a woman with a blocked phone number called the 96-year-old claiming that back taxes were owed.She warned that the sheriff's department would take the elderly woman's West Baltimore home.
Legitimate city tax bills arrive in the mail, officials said.
