IRS Phone Scams - Be Careful of Identity Theft

Over the past several months, the IRS has seen a recent increase in local phone scams across the country, with callers pretending to be from the IRS in hopes of stealing money or identities from victims. These phone scams include many variations, ranging from instances from where callers say the victims owe money or are entitled to a huge refund. Some calls can threaten arrest and threaten a driver’s license revocation. Sometimes these calls are paired with follow-up calls from people saying they are from the local police department or the state motor vehicle department. The Internal Revenue Service does not solicit by telephone, text or email personal information. The IRS generally does business via U.S. Mail . http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, please contact us. If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.