Ridgewood Police and Rep. Scott Garrett Remind Everyone Calls Demanding Payment from the IRS are a FRAUD

January 27,2016

the staff of the Rkidgewood blog

Ridgewood Nj, Congressmen Scott Garrett confirmed his offices have received some calls about this IRS fraud. Please spread this information from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to friends and family so they know to be on the lookout for these phony phone calls.

Sources tell the Ridgewood blog that scammers feel people are more vulnerable near tax time .

The IRS generally contacts people, first, by mail – not by phone – about unpaid taxes. The IRS will not ask for payment using a prepaid debit card, a money order.

“The IRS is Calling Me? Can This Be For Real?” (TIGTA PSA English) 60 seconds

Fraud is real. Just hang up on Fraud. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is warning taxpayers to be on high alert for scammers who impersonate IRS employees in aggressive phone calls that demand money. Don’t believe them; just hang up! For more information and to report a contact, visit us at www.tigta.gov.

https://youtu.be/K_ewrxB4J54

Ridgewood Police :

Several residents reported having received a phone call from a man identifying himself as Dennis Gary with the treasury department, The caller requests that you call him back to avoid an enforcement action from the IRS. This is a scam do not call the number back. One of several numbers tied to the scam is 303-479-3380.

The IRS does not:

1 Call you to demand immediate payment. They will not call about taxes you owe without first mailing you a bill.

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

3 Require you to use a certain payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card.

4 Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

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

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

• If you know you owe taxes or think you might owe, call the IRS at 800-829-1040 to talk about payment options. You also may be able to set up a payment plan online at IRS.gov.

• If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to believe that you do, report the incident to TIGTA at 1.800.366.4484 or at www.tigta.gov.

• If phone scammers target you, also contact the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” to report the scam. Please add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments of your complaint.

. Remember, the IRS currently does not use unsolicited email, text messages or any social media to discuss your personal tax issues. For more information on reporting tax scams, go to www.irs.gov and type “scam” in the search box.

One thought on “Ridgewood Police and Rep. Scott Garrett Remind Everyone Calls Demanding Payment from the IRS are a FRAUD”

Anonymous

January 29, 2016

I received two calls from that 303 phone number this week. Both were robo-calls in a foreign accent saying that if I didn’t do something or other, I would be brought before the “magistrate.” They’re not even rewording it for different countries? I hung up right away so I don’t know if I was going to be told to call back, but I wouldn’t have.