[Nfbmo] Don't fall for this scam!

[Debbie Wunder]

Hello Nancy. My Mom received this same call, all though she knew she did not
owe the IRS, as you said it frightened. She returned the call, never
actually getting to talk with a person. She called her tax preparer, they
told her the actual scam was in you calling the number, holding on for a
prolonged time, and a bill charged as much as $40 a minute for the call.



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Subject: [Nfbmo] Don't fall for this scam!

I got this from another list and thought others should see it as well.
I want to urge all of you not to fall for a particularly vicious and
despicable phone scam that seems to be going on now and that may be targeted
toward the elderly. I have experienced this myself and, although i knew it
was a scam, I still found it a little frightening and it made me very angry.
You get a phone call informing you that you are being sued by the IRS and
must take immediate action to avoid being arrested or having legal actions
taken against you. This is a scam. Don't fall for it! The IRS would not make
such calls. Information to taxpayers would be mailed and would not involve
threats. I received three recorded phone calls on my iPhone. the message
informed me that I was being sued by the IRS and that this was my final
warning. i was further told to call a number at "our department" to get the
details of the suit against me. Each time the number to call was different.
I knew this was a scam so i ignored the calls and they stopped. but I hear
from news reports that people are falling for this and sending money to stop
the legal action. People are naturally scared when they get threatening
calls supposed to be from the government so they fall for this trick. don't
be a victim of this. I suspect that most of you are smart enough not to be
tricked by these calls but please share this information with friends or
family  members who you think might be vulnerable to this scam. I wasn't
sure who to report the calls to so I did nothing but I wish now I had done
some follow-up. This was also talked about on KMOX news this week. So ignore
the calls if you get them and just hang up.
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