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The autumn of each year sees an upswing in IRS scam calls, as the 15 October filing deadline for those who requested extensions back in April approaches. The calls typically involve scammers who pretend to be Internal Revenue Service agents, call random victims and claim that they owe money to the IRS, and threaten them with arrest or other criminal peanlties if payment is not made immediately: The scammers pose as members of the IRS fraud division, telling their targets that they owe money which must be paid immediately (typically via wire transfer or debit card) in order to avoid criminal charges or jail time. The IRS is aware of this scam and has long since issued an alert about it: Not only do such calls not originate with the IRS, but they do not represent how the IRS actually deals with such issues. That agency does not call taxpayers to demand immediate payment of past due taxes, nor do they place calls about owed monies without having first mailed the taxpayer a bill: These collection attempts by scammers and other fraudulent IRS-related activities should be reported to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-800-366-4484.
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