Glen Rock Police Get IRS Scam Calls, Warns Others

GLEN ROCK, NJ — The Glen Rock Police Department is warning residents to be mindful of IRS scam phone calls. The department received two of them Tuesday.

The calls indicated that the IRS had issued an arrest warrant for the department, authorities said. Police were told to a call a 908-area code phone number, which they did. Officers spoke with several men with Indian accents, police said in a Facebook post.

Police ask residents to tell one another about these scam calls, which people use to try and get unsuspecting people to pay money. Callers often target the elderly.

"If we received two calls to our department line, we are sure other Glen Rock area residents are receiving them as well," police said in the post. "The IRS or any police agency will never issue warrants to people over the telephone and would never require any type of bail money to be paid via Western Union or other wire service."

Anyone who receives such a call is asked to call the Glen Rock Police Department at 201-652-3800.

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