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Aggressive Phone Scams
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The Internal Revenue Service is warning people of a sophisticated and aggressive phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants.
IRS officials said people have been reporting the aggressive phone scam over the last several months, and victims said they're being threatened with being deported, arrested, having utilities shut off or having their driver's licenses revoked. The callers are frequently hostile and insulting, which is a way to scare their potential victims, the IRS said.
IRS officials said they will let people know by written notification by the U.S. mail if you owe taxes, and the IRS would never ask for a credit card or bank account number over the phone.
The State Attorney General in Connecticut has also recently stated that these types of phone scams have become increasingly pervasive over the last several months.
Scam victims are encouraged to report calls to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.