12/01/2015
Warning:
Tax scammers now vary their cons, according to the IRS. Crooks now pretend to be from the IRS, offer fake badge numbers, and warn that if back taxes and penalties are not paid right now you will be arrested. The caller threatens to send the local police or sheriff to arrest you. Soon after, you get a follow-up call from the crook’s cohort claiming to be some kind of law enforcement officer who is on his way to arrest you.While the crooks have you on the phone, they will obtain personal data or induce you to pay, usually by buying a specific type of prepaid payment card, then calling the crooks back and giving them the information needed to charge the card.The crooks used to call immigrants or the elderly. Now, the IRS says they call businesses and even tax professionals.