IRS Phone Scam

IRS PHONE SCAMMERS BUSTED

 

By Miriam Raftery

September 9, 2018 (Atlanta) – An indictment unsealed Friday by the U.S. Attorneys’ office in Atlanta reveals that charges have been filed against five call centers in India and 15 individuals, including seven arrested in the U.S., for an IRS phone scam targeting U.S. taxpayers.  


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IRS PHONE SCAM REPORTED IN EAST COUNTY

 

 

East County News Service

November 26, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – East County resident Tom Lemon reports that he has received three scam phone calls from callers claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  The caller claimed Lemon owed money to the IRS and asked him to send it to a P.O. Box.

“The caller spoke with a European accent and I knew something was wrong,” Lemon told East County Magazine. “The caller ID was spoofed, another dead give away, and I hung up.”


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