IRS warns people about scammers, who are using a sophisticated phone scam to target taxpayers throughout the country. The scammers tell their victims that they owe money to the IRS and must pay it promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, the scammers threaten them with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license.
Other characteristics of this scam include:
· Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
· Sometime Scammers are even able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security number.
· Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS
calling.
· Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
· After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and someone else soon call back pretending to be from the local police or Department of Motor Vehicles, and the caller ID supports their claim.
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Ajay Kumar, CPA
SAI CPA Services
5 Villa Farms Cir; Monroe, NJ 08831
Phone: 908-380-6876
Fax: 908-368-8638
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