South Windsor Police Send Out IRS Scam Warning

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — Police in South Windsor are warning residents about a scam involving fake and potentially intimidating calls from the Internal Revenue Service.

The IRS scam calls are being placed continuously to both land line and cell phones, police said on Tuesday.

The caller is a digitized voice telling the recipients about a "warrant" issued for them. Instructions follow that they need to call back, police said.

"As a reminder, the IRS does not call on the phone ... they don’t take gift cards as payment ... and state and local police don’t enforce federal treasury laws. Just hang up and don’t call back," local police said in a message to the community.

A sample of the "warrant" in the scam voicemail message is:

" ... Which has been executed by the US treasury department regarding tax fraud against your name ... Ignoring this will be an intentional attempt to avoid initial appearance before the magistrate judge or exempt jury for a federal criminal offense ... So before this matter goes to federal claim court house or
before you get arrested, kindly call us back on ... Our number to reach us is 202-847-6314. Let me repeat the number is 202-847-6314. Hope to hear from you soon before the charges are pressed against you. Thank you."

Police said residents should ignore the calls and messages.

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