Knowledge is protection when the IRS is involved. I'm Darrin Mish, a tax attorney in Tampa with 32 years of experience representing taxpayers nationwide. Here's what I want you to understand.
www.wlox.com — An aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the Internal Revenue Service, but are not.
They sound convincing and use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. They also alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says an elderly woman from Vancleave was a victim of the scam on Monday. She was scammed out of $2,300.
How can you tell if a supposed IRS caller is a fake?
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