Beware of scammers claiming to be from the IRS
Phone scammers are targeting local residents with aggressive phone calls claiming that they are from the IRS and threatening jail if the residents don’t pay immediately, according to a statement by the the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
The callers take various approaches to extort money by either demanding that funds be paid immediately or in some cases saying that there is a refund due. Whichever tactic the caller uses, the objective is to trick unsuspecting resident to give over private information.
Posted: September 17th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, IRS, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Crime, Fraud, IRS, Jonathan D Larsen, Marc C. LeMieux, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, news, Phone scam | Comments Off on Beware of scammers claiming to be from the IRS