The IRS says scammers are targeting church congregations in the south. They’re promising big tax returns, but the con artists are the ones making off with all the money.

The crooks promise that if you pay them, they can get you a big check from the IRS. They say you'll get that money without providing any documents and it doesn't matter how little money you make.

But of course it doesn't work out as advertised.

Troy Ector was convicted today of kidnapping a woman during a 2009 carjacking in Southeast Memphis.

Ector, armed with a handgun, approached the woman as she was getting out of her car in the 5100 block of Wayfarer Circle. He forced the woman back into her vehicle and took her to an apartment complex where he made her perform sex acts on him.

Ector eventually forced the woman out of her car and drove off.

Memphis police are on the hunt for a violent group who has robbed three stores in as many months.

Investigators say two men were inside the Macy’s at the Wolfchase Galleria on April 30, when they were seen stuffing merchandise into garbage bags. Officers say when security guards tried to stop the pair, one of the men pulled a pistol out and fired a single shot at the guards.

Fortunately no one was injured, but the thieves were able to escape in a blue sedan.