Mayor Court has received several phone calls from residents about the “IRS” asking for money for back taxes.
Once again several residents (especially elderly residents) are being targeted by phone calls stating that they owe the IRS money for back taxes or fees due to them.
The caller tells the resident they must return their call or the IRS (SCAMMER) will begin the procedure to prosecute them for money owed.
Mayor Court reminds residents that this is a scam that has been popping up throughout many communities targeting the most vulnerable, specifically the elderly, for quite some time and they should not give out any information or better yet, do not return any calls to them or just hang up.
The IRS will not notify you by phone requesting personal information or money.
Remember not to give out personal information.
THIS JUST HAPPEN TO ME ON THE PHONE WITH THEM ALMOST TWO HOURS AND GOT SENT TO WALMART TO BUY 250.00 IN GIFT CARDS AND WOULD BE TOLD IN PARKING LOT WHAT TO DO NEXT WHICH THEY WANTED THE NUMBERS AND PIN.THATS WHEN I DESIDED TO DRIVE TO POLICE DEPT AND ASK IF THIS WAS A SCAM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS. THANK GOD I DID NOT GIVE THEM THE NUMBERS.