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IRS PHONE SCAM TARGETING LOCAL RESIDENTS

Con men are posing as the IRS in the latest phone scam victimizing local residents. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells you what to be careful of…
The scammers are still trying to separate you from your money. Last week, another Morongo Basin resident received a phone call from a man claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The caller said the resident was being investigated for tax fraud and needed her personal information over the telephone or she would be arrested. The caller also gave the woman a phone number and again threatened her with arrest if she didn’t call. This is a scam. First of all, the IRS NEVER initiates its first contact with taxpayers over the phone, by fax, OR by e-mail. Furthermore, the IRS doesn’t take payments over the phone. And being a government agency, the IRS moves very slowly; it’s not going to immediately send out a Sheriff’s deputy to arrest you. If you have any questions about the legitimacy of a communication from “the IRS,” call 800-366-4484 or go to irs.gov.

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