Sheriff's office warns of IRS scam

<span>Randolph County Sheriff Shannon Wolff is giving county residence notice of an IRS scam that has been recently trending.</span>

<span>"They'll call and they give fake IRS badge numbers," Wolff said. "They sometimes know the last four of your social security number and say you owe back taxes.</span>

<span>"They say they will file a lawsuit against you if you don't pay back taxes."</span>

<span>Wolff said his office has received 15 to 20 reports of the scam thus far, and the phone calls appear as coming from a Washington, D.C. area code.</span>

<span>"I think it's getting out that most people know it's a scam," Wolff said. "If people have fallen victim to it, I want to make sure they call us."</span>

Wolff advised people to contact his office at 618-826-5484 if they have any information or believe they may have been targeted by the scam.