Tax Scams
- April 25th 2025
- Public Safety
From the office of the Maine Attorney General
Fake IRS agents – usually with a heavy foreign accent – may try to scare you into thinking you owe back taxes or there’s a problem with your return and you’ll be arrested immediately if you don’t pay them now.
They also call pretending to be from the Department of the Treasury or another law enforcement agency with demands of a large payment due for back taxes or some other purported debt. If you disagree, they typically become rude and belligerent. They will threaten you with immediate arrest, jail or other legal action to pressure you to pay them right away by providing them with your bank account information or send them money via wire transfer or a reloadable card.
These are all scams. Hang up the phone. If you think you owe money to the IRS, contact a number you know to be correct or through http://www.irs.gov .
