Pretty soon census takers will be coming door to door to follow up on census forms that have not been filled out.
But before you give out your private information make sure that person is legit.
"People impersonate census workers and they attempt to get personal information from them such as bank information, social security numbers, credit card information," said William Whitney with the U.S. Census.
You can avoid any confusion -- by filling out and sending in the census form when it arrives next week.
That way you know any calls or visits are bogus.
The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs says the other top scams they are seeing nowadays have to do with the economy -- targeting people who are already in money trouble like homeowners facing foreclosure.
Carri Grube Lybarker with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is getting the word out about a free "financial health tool kit" that discusses issues like common scams that target people in debt.
"They want their debt to be taken care of, so if you tell me you're going to save my home or you're going to clean my slate free of debt, then I'm going to pay you 3,000 dollars that i don't really have to try to get that don," said Grube Lybarker.
And that brings us to debt collection scams, similar to foreclosure schemes, a caller promises to erase your debt if you pay them a fee.
But they take the money and run.
Grube Lybarker says this past month South Carolina won nearly $840,000 dollars from a lawsuit against a debt collection agency in California.
That money went back to people who had been scammed in South Carolina.
But she warns, sadly, many more may never get their money back.
You can check into a company or report fraud by calling the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs at: 803- 734- 4297
That's also where you can request the free financial health tool kit.
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