[ERCA] Phone Scam and Threats

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Several Rockville citizens have notified the police department that they have been receiving phone calls or voice messages from a subject or agency claiming to be affiliated with or an employee of the IRS or US Treasury.  The imposter claims that the citizen owes back taxes, and if they don't pay them immediately (with 45-60 minutes), they will be arrested.  The citizen is told to make the payment via Greendot Moneypaks or similar type money transfer.

 Here is additional information on this scam:

The voice message threatening action by the US treasury is a scam. It thrives on the fact that a large part of the American population is unaware, of how the legal process relating to inaccurate tax filings, work. The US Treasury or the IRS will never make, “out of the blue” calls, demanding payment. Payments will never be accepted by cash cards like Greendot Moneypak. For More Information : www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam Warning issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm If you owe Federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions. If you don’t owe taxes, call and report the incident to TIGTA (Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration) at 800-366-4484. You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at  www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments in your complaint. You should forward scam e-mails related to tax / IRS to phis...@irs.gov.

Major  Robert J. Rappoport
Administrative Services Bureau Commander
Rockville City Police Department
2 W. Montgomery Avenue
Rockville, Maryland 20850
240-314-8971 (Office)
240-314-8929 (FAX)
BRapp...@rockvillemd.gov
FBI NA 230

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Posted By ercaerca to ERCA at 9/11/2015 01:14:00 PM