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The IRS reports that sometimes residents will receive a recording claiming it is their final notice to pay the IRS, or a tax discrepancy has been received and it is urgent to return the call. Other times people have reported receiving a call from someone with the IRS who makes threats about a warrant being issued for their arrest.

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You open your voicemail and there is a threatening message that says, “There is a legal petition notice filed under your name from the IRS for tax evasion and tax fraud … failure to return the call will result in law enforcement action against you.”

By Wendy Howell, for the Courier February 19, 2018