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You can file a complaint at choose “Scams and Ripoffs,” then “Impostor Scams.” If the complaint involves someone impersonating the IRS, include the words “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.įor more information on current tax scams, visit The Alumni Association of the New York State School for the Blind will hold its centennial reunion June 7 throat the Quality Inn and Suites, 8250 Park Road, Batavia, NY 14020 phone (585) 344-2100.

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 1-80, or at.

The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.

If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1-80.

If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:

Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe.

Threaten to immediately bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.

Generally, the IRS will first mail you a bill if you owe any taxes.

Call to demand immediate payment using a specific payment method such as a prepaid debit card, gift card or wire transfer.

IRS urges all taxpayers to use caution before paying unexpected tax bills. Some fraudsters have approached people with limited English proficiency, addressing them in their native language, and threatened them with deportation, arrest, and license revocation, among other things. Or, victims may be told they have a refund due to try to trick them into sharing private information. If the phone isn’t answered, the scammers often leave an “urgent” callback request.

In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

Victims may be threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. They may know a lot about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. (Some area codes they use are 208 and 901.) Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. The IRS warns about several scams, too, where callers claim to be employees of the IRS, using fake names and bogus badge numbers. Social Security isn’t the only government agency that scammers are picking on.

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