If you respond to an ad like this one...

YOU COULD GET
SCAMMED!!!

This ad is a fake, posted by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Tax Division to increase awareness of potentially fraudulent trusts. Whether they're called "pure trusts" or "constitutional trusts," they do not relieve any taxpayer of their obligations to pay federal taxes. Establishing a trust, foreign or domestic, for the sole purpose of hiding your income and assets from taxation is illegal.

Following false, misleading or unorthodox tax advice is seldom free. Up front you pay fees or commissions to subscribe to fraudulent trust schemes. And in the end, unfortunately, you pay even more in penalties, interest and fines for following bad advice.

For more information on common tax schemes, see the IRS' Tax Fraud Alerts. www.ustreas.gov/irs/ci/tax_fraud/index.htm.

No information about you has been transmitted to or collected by the Internal Revenue Service or the Federal Trade Commission