Authorities warn of IRS phone scams
Calls from overseas often ‘spoof’ local numbers in Caller ID
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The phone rings and after a pause and maybe a few clicks, a voice comes on the line claiming to be calling you from the Internal Revenue Service — and that you’re in big trouble and need to pay up right now.
Forget for a moment that the voice sounds a bit southern Asian, the sound quality...