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Stay safe from scam tax calls |
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January 16, 2017 |
The Boundary County Sheriff's Office reminds
everyone that it's income tax time again, and
with that comes the telephone scams by people
representing themselves as being with the IRS or
State Tax Commission.
Please understand that the IRS doesn't call
people randomly and demand money from them.
Generally, a person will get official, mailed
documents from the IRS, much prior to being
called, if they are ever called at all. If it
sounds like a scam now-days, it generally is.
Please also be aware that the BCSO cannot
investigate these scamming phone calls, even if
you fall victim to them by sending money to the
persons responsible. They would, however, like
to be made aware of such calls occurring with
residents of Boundary County.
The phone numbers those engaging in these scams
are calling from are "ghost numbers" and come
back to nothing, the addresses they use are
fictitious as well. There are cell phone apps
and computer programs available to these people
to make sure the numbers, IP addresses and other
ways to track them are invisible, or otherwise
fictitious.
More times than not, you may be talking to
someone in a foreign country, on the other side
of the world and we have no way to track down
that person, place, or number. Doing so requires
very sophisticated computer equipment, programs
and specialized, investigative units, trained to
do nothing but those types of investigations.
As always, stay safe! And remember that your
personal securities and well-being usually start
with your own personal choices and decisions. |
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