TRAFALGAR, Ind. — The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an IRS scam in the Trafalgar area.
A women told police she received a phone call from a man with an Indian accent telling her she was going to be sued for $1,575 and $135. She also received letters saying she owed the same amount. The caller told the woman she should go to a retail outlet, get a pre-paid card and call him back with the numbers so he could pay the balance he said she owed.
Johnson County detectives called the Seattle-based telephone number the woman provided and reached a man with a similar accent. The man identified himself as a collector with the IRS named Jack Williams. When the detective asked Williams for his agent identification number he quickly disconnected the call.