Another week closer to April 15, and there are two more reports of scammers posing as Internal Revenue Service agents. Both incidents occurred last Thursday.

Lee Young of Two Holes of Water Road, East Hampton, recognized immediately that he was being scammed when “Agent Ford of the I.R.S.” called him, demanding he send $3,130 using a prepaid card. East Hampton Town police traced the call to a Voice Over Internet Protocol number. These are used by grifters via programs like Skype, “and can be masked to look like any number,” the report says.

Here from Ireland, woman known only as Fiona offers tearful recollection of the incidents of Aug. 20, 2013.

Aside from a cut on his cuticle consistent with nail biting, Mr. Lee appeared to have no injuries when photographed after the alleged incident, East Hampton Town Police Detective Ryan Hogan testified Thursday.