The latest major trend in telemarketing fraud is a foreign-based IRS collection scam; and it is causing many to lose thousands.
Seniors are told that they owe money to the IRS; in some cases, the area code will be 202, which is the area code for Washington D.C.. This, along with a lot of authentic sounding jargon, makes the calls very convincing. Of course, many Americans are suspicious of the calls because the callers often have very heavy foreign accents.
WSMV Channel 4 Seniors are told that they owe money to the IRS; in some cases, the area code will be 202, which is the area code for Washington D.C.. This, along with a lot of authentic sounding jargon, makes the calls very convincing. Of course, many Americans are suspicious of the calls because the callers often have very heavy foreign accents.
