Police: Woman
victim of IRS scam
ELIZABETHVILLE — State police at Lykens are investigating a theft incident that was reported to them about 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police said a 50-year-old Hegins woman reported she was contacted by telephone and told she was being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and that she would be arrested within two hours if she did not purchase two iTunes cards totaling $200.
Police said the woman immediately purchased the cards and was instructed to read the numbers to the caller who then called the woman back on a different number.
The numbers used to contact the woman included 206-539-5707 and 909-458-0712, police said, adding that the numbers were traced to Seattle, Washington, and Ontario, Canada, respectively.
The numbers have been reported as fraudulent and police warn all residents to be aware of possible fraudulent activity associated with those telephone numbers.