Today, calls appear to be targeting Barre, Brattleboro and Burlington.
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The caller told the victim, a 46-year-old male of the 8700 block of Ditmars Court, he owed a large amount of money to the IRS and instructed him to deposit the payment as cash into a bank account the caller provided, which the victim did.
According to Skinner, the information they are asking for would be information the IRS would already have. The caller threatened the woman that she would be arrested if she did not make a payment.The woman contacted the police and was told the call was a scam.
According to the Department of the Treasury in early August the IRS warned taxpayers to stay vigilant against an increase of IRS impersonation scams in the form of automated calls.
Before you panic – it’s more than likely that the call is a scam, an attempt to lure you to surrender your money to thieves thousands of miles away.
The IRS does not use email, text messages or social media to request personal or financial information. These calls are typically coming from outside the United States. We attempted to call back multiple times but at first were just hung up on immediately and then the call did not go through (seemingly blocked). Make note of the number, and any statements made by the caller, and file a complaint with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office Consumer Assistance Program.
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If you sent money in response to this scam call, contact our Program immediately and we will try to assist you.
