If you receive a call like this, call your local law enforcement. NEVER send money, credit card numbers or personal information to someone you don't
know.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Campus Police encourage students not to fall victim to a new phone scam targeting the Winthrop
University campus community.
In this new scheme, scammers claiming to be representatives from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) tell victims that they owe the IRS back taxes and must send their tax
returns back to the IRS. The scammers also ask victims to provide their address and
other personal information. The scammers threaten to arrest victims if they do not
cooperate.
While the phone number on your caller ID may belong to the IRS, the scammers have
"spoofed" it, meaning they have the capability to program the number into the call
and reflect it on the caller ID as from the IRS.
"Please do not fall victim to this scam," Campus Police Chief Frank Zebedis wrote in a campus-wide e-mail last week. "If you believe the IRS would truly be calling
you, please hang up and call the IRS directly."
If you receive a call like this, please contact your local law enforcement.
NEVER send money, credit card numbers or any personal information to someone you do
not recognize.
