According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron, scammers are targeting local residents again with another scam.
Scammers are calling and stating they are with the Internal Revenue
Service or with the federal government and they need your band
account number so they can deposit your stimulus check.
The IRS and federal government agencies will not contact you by
phone to receive personal information, advised Catron.
On Wednesday, April 14, Catron met with the Federal Bureau of
Investi-gation Supervisory Special Agent Grant Blevins, of the
London, Ky. branch.
During the meeting, Blevins stated that the FBI has made scamming
related to the coronavirus a priority.
Blevins also stated there are several scams related to the virus
going around now across the United States. These range from stimulus
check scams to virus testing and other related scams.
Blevins is requesting that anyone who has al-ready been scammed or
even had someone attempt these types of scams related to the virus to
contact the Kentucky Attorney General's Office at 1-800-432-9257 or
by email at http://securekentucky.gov/ formservices/attorneygeneral/
scamreport.
The FBI can be reach-ed at https://tips.fbi.gov.
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