SCAM ALERT! Small Biz Owners
TARGETED by Telephone CON ARTISTS
Usually I am not on the side of the IRS...but this is one time that I am on their side.
On Monday, November 17 at 12:28 pm I was
contacted by a telephone solicitor who left a message saying they were the IRS
and that they we trying to reach me for several months and because of
non-payment I was going to be sued. I was to call this number back with my case
file # to prevent this immediate action.
At first I was terrified the
IRS...OMG...then I thought call your accountant...and I did. This call brought instant relief! My accountant shared with me that the IRS does not call people and say the are immediately suing you and repossessing everything you have. There is a due process the IRS must follow and if you as a busienss owner or individual and receive a call like this...immediately hang up and report them. There are major scams being attempted on people and many
people have fallen for these threatening and deceiving tactics. IF YOU RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS like
this...immediately hang up and report it to the IRS PHONE SCAM line
1-800-366-4984.
Besides our own homegrown crooks...many of these scam rooms are run
by overseas organizations that use the money obtained from frightened people to finance illegal operation from drugs to guns to worse.
Be alert...warn your staff, employees and family. And put
pressure on law officials and the phone companies to stop this kind of
harassing and frightening criminal actions. It is estimated that these kind of tactics costs Americans up to $40 billion dollars a year.
http://fraudresearchcenter.org/2012/11/scams-schemes-swindles-a-review-of-consumer-financial-fraud-research/
