Crime & Safety
Watch Out for Scammers Claiming to Be IRS Agents: Police
Canton police say con artists call residents ordering them to pay tax money owed or face arrest.
Scammers claiming to be IRS agents have been calling and threatening Canton residents with arrest as part of a scheme to defraud them are beginning to pop up again, according to a HometownLife report
Canton police are warning residents not to fall for the scam, which involves telling the victims to pay large sums of tax money they supposedly owe in order to avoid going to jail, the report stated. The scammers ask to have the cash sent by wire, transferred from bank accounts or settled with a prepaid credit card, the report added.
Last year, a 66-year-old Canton woman was bilked out of $4,900 from a such a con job, the report stated.
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Police also warned residents to be on the lookout for a similar scam using the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service instead, the report added.
Victims of these phone scams should call the Canton Police Department at 734-394-5400 with any information.
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