**ALERT** Have you received this phone call? A citizen called the Burleson Police Department today to report that she did. She didn’t provide any information to the caller, but someone else might. According to the IRS, an aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, but are not. Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. Note that the IRS will never call to demand immediate payment, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill; demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe; require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card; ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone; or, threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying. For more about recent tax scams/consumer alerts, go to this IRS page, irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:30:01 +0000
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