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Telephonic IRS Scam
Telephonic IRS Scam 
The Torrance Police Department has received several hundred phone calls this weekend from citizens reporting a possible telephonic scam involving a subject identifying himself as “Steve” and claiming to represent the US Treasury or IRS.
Per the IRS website (http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Repeats-Warning-about-Phone-Scams):
The IRS:
• Never asks for credit card, debit card or prepaid card information over the telephone.
• Never insists that taxpayers use a specific payment method to pay tax obligations
• Never requests immediate payment over the telephone and will not take enforcement action immediately following a phone conversation. Taxpayers usually receive prior notification of IRS enforcement action involving IRS tax liens or levies.
You can find more information from the following sites:
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/fraud-alerts_index2.aspx
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
Address/Location
Torrance Police Department
3300 Civic Center Dr
Torrance, CA 90503
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 310-328-3456