Letter to the Editor: Beware of scams

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Twice this week I have received a telephone call from a woman identifying herself as a police officer and giving a badge number; she states that the IRS has found discrepancies in my filings and that a warrant has been issued for my arrest. She said that Federal Marshals have been dispatched to apprehend me, and that if I would like to avoid arrest I should call a number XXXXXX.

There has already been a heads up on the Daily Bulldog. You hear about these scams but don’t expect them to be operating in the rural western Maine mountains.

If you have concerned with young inexperienced couples or older people you should probably discuss this with them immediately.

William Gilliland
Farmington

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4 Comments

  1. Wow! That’s a new one and very original! Just hang up on them..Do you have caller ID? Don’t answer any calls from them..

  2. happened to a friend of mine, and they even used the name of a real officer on her local PD. She called the PD right away but was scared to death meanwhile

  3. I haven’t received any calls like this. I have received a number of calls from local cell numbers trying to get me to say yes to a question. They start as a robo call and ask you to press 2 to speak with a person. One guy who couldn’t speak much English tried to save me money on my credit card and when I asked him my name and info he hung up. Another one is a woman named Elizabeth trying to sell me a stay at a resort. Please be careful with these scams. Whatever you do DON’T say yes on the phone !!!!!

  4. A couple of months ago I received a call from a man saying he was from the IRS. I can usually smell a scam quickly but there was something about the call, at first, that seemed legitimate. He asked me to write down some numbers including his badge number. Then I asked for more details and when I became insistent, he ended the call.

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