Crime & Safety
Police Warn: IRS Isn't Threatening Residents
Police say they get daily reports about this scam.
A new -- and daily -- phone scam this tax season threatens to take Westborough residents' money.
Westborough Police on Thursday warned that people are calling residents "claiming they are with the IRS and they have a warrant for the arrest of the resident for non payment of taxes."
The resident is told to get a money order from a convenience store, and then give the caller the code number, police said on their Facebook page.
"The thief then goes to a store which is out of state and retrieves the money," police said.
Police said they are getting daily reports of this scam.
Residents should hang up and then tell police.
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