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Rutledge issues urgent warning about IRS phone scam

Rutledge issues urgent warning about IRS phone scam

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Rutledge issues urgent warning about IRS phone scam

Con artists are now using robocalls to reach more Arkansans

Judd.Deere@arkansasag.gov

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today issued an urgent warning to Arkansans after her office received a large number of calls, reporting scam artists are posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanding payment immediately and threatening arrest if payment is not received.

“The IRS is never going to call you unsolicited,” said Attorney General Rutledge.

“The IRS will send you letter on top of letter.

This is a common scam that is hitting more and more Arkansans the closer it gets to tax day.”

Rutledge says that these con artists are now using robocalls, which allows them to reach a higher number of consumers, while purporting to be the IRS.

Arkansans need to remember the IRS will never call and demand payment, require taxes be paid in a certain way, ask for credit or debit card numbers or threaten to bring police or other agencies to make an arrest for unpaid taxes.

For more information about other common scams and consumer-related issues, contact the Arkansas Attorney General’s office at (800) 482-8982 or consumer @ArkansasAG.gov.

From Judd Deere

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