TAX IDENTITY THEFT- Hang Up on Fraud

If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, hang up. The IRS will not call you initially if it thinks that you owe it money. It will send you are letter.

Scammers frequently will claim to be IRS agents, claim that you owe money, and then demand immediate payment through Western Union or with a pre-paid money card. The IRS will not specify those means of payment. Sometimes the scammer will threaten arrest or deportation if you do not comply immediately.

If you receive a call like this, hang up and then report it to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at www.tigta.gov.

Take a look at this video from the US Department of Treasury and pass it on to your friends, family and neighbors:

 

US Department of Treasury:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TIGTAVIDEOS?app=desktop

 

Federal Trade Commission:

Webinar tomorrow, January 26, at 11:00am PST on Tax Identity Theft- https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/2016/01/webinar-consumers-tax-identity-theft

 

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0029-tax-identity-theft-awareness-week