U.S. gov't warns public of new phone scam

WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The taxation agency of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The federal government, warned news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The public Friday of a news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new type of "IRS impersonation phone scam."

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS said news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new scam was news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The most recent variation of IRS impersonation scams, in which target victims would receive fake calls from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), an independent organization under news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS.

Callers "spoof" news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The telephone number of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The TAS office in Houston or Brooklyn, and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The "robo-calls" usually request a callback.

"Once news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The taxpayer returns news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The call, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The con artist requests personal information, including social security number or individual taxpayer identification number," news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS said.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS stressed that news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The TAS does not initiate calls to taxpayers "out of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The blue."

"Typically, a taxpayer would contact TAS for help fIRSt, and only news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Then would TAS reach out to news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The taxpayer," it added.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The taxation agency also alerted news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The public to onews.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Ther forms of phone scams in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The name of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS.

"In onews.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Ther variations of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS impersonation phone scam, fraudsters demand immediate payment of taxes by a prepaid debit card or wire transfer," said news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS.

Specifically, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The IRS said it wouldn't threaten to bring in law enforcement immediately to arrest a taxpayer for not paying.