Officials from yet another county are issuing warnings about an ongoing scam involving callers posing as IRS agents. The latest comes from Mohave County, Ariz. This follows similar warnings by other jurisdictions, including Iron and Washington Counties in Utah.
In the scam a person contacts the victim by phone posing as an IRS agent and threatens with severe penalties if payment and/or bank account information is not provided.
David Harris is with Hughes and Associates, a tax and accounting firm in Cedar City.
“The IRS, they will send you letters in the mail and it will be very official. And if you receive something in the mail from the IRS then it’s time to contact us. You can call us and we’ll help you resolve that issue. But they will not email you and they will not call you on the phone,” Harris said.
Just this year, nationwide, more than 300,000 people have been duped out of over $15.5 million by the scam.