Southold police are warning residents about telephone scammers posing as IRS employees seeking to collect taxes.
The police department said it has received several complaints over the past week from local residents regarding phone calls from people who identify themselves as IRS employees, advising them that they owe large sums of money to the IRS and instructing them about where to send the money.
“It is important to realize that all agencies, such as the IRS, would never conduct business of this nature over the telephone and request money to be sent in this fashion,” Southold Police said in a press release.
Police ask residents who receive calls like this or similar schemes to call the Southold Police Department at 631-765-2600. Residents may always contact the police department to verify the identity of callers they fins suspicious.
