South Jersey Beware – Phone Scam Warning By Fake IRS Agents

Get ready, South Jersey! The Internal Revenue Service has officially opened the 2016 tax season.

The scammers are already preparing to scam you out of your return for 2016. The Treasury Department already has put out a scam warning.

According to the IRS website, Fake IRS agents are calling people and demanding immediate payment. Scamming is serious business, and more than $20 million have been collected by these fake agents.

Scammers will threaten you in order to get you to pay up. They will threaten you with deportation, an arrest, or they will try to revoke you license. You may also get an urgent call back from someone claiming to be an IRS agent. The IRS does NOT make phone calls demanding payment. They will never ask you for a credit card or debit number over the phone. If you think you are being scammed, hang up immediately.

You can also get scammed from an bogus email, which will contain a fake IRS document with a phone number or an email address for you to reply.

Be alert for a potential IRS scam. Click here for contact information if you do owe the IRS money.

Source: IRS.GOV