DATCP warns of aggressive scammers targeting Wisconsin residents Friday

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Officials are warning that scammers are targeting Wisconsin residents Friday.

A news release from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection warned of an influx of reports from Wisconsin residents about IRS scams.

The scammers are threatening arrest within 24 hours — and sometimes as soon as 30 minutes — if the caller does not make an immediate payment for phony taxes.

In the past 24 hours, the DATCP has received eight reports about this scam, which is more than the agency gets in a typical July week. Callers said they were disturbed by the aggressive nature of the threats.

“This is the standard IRS imposter scam, though the threats are a bit more aggressive than usual,” officials said in the release. “Please hang up on these fraudulent calls and take no further action with the caller, you are not at risk of arrest.”

Officials with the DATCP said the IRS will never call and threaten arrest for back taxes.

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