GettyThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about a new twist on the old IRS impersonation phone scam. In the most recent scam variation, callers “spoof” the telephone number of the IRS TAS office in Houston or Brooklyn. When calls are spoofed, the scammers have changed the caller ID to make it look like they are calling from the agency, such as the IRS TAS. In previous variations of the IRS impersonation phone scam, fraudsters demand immediate payment of taxes by a prepaid debit card, wire transfer or gift cards. As a reminder, the IRS will never:Call to demand immediate payment over the phone, nor will the IRS call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill.

Source: Forbes March 17, 2019 22:07 UTC