The Internal Revenue Service is issuing a warning that scammers may try using the April 18 tax deadline to prey on taxpayers by impersonating the IRS and others with fake phone calls and emails.
By email, scam artists try enticing people to click on links in official-looking messages containing questions related to their tax refund. Report these emails to phishing@irs.gov. By phone, many scammers use threats to intimidate and bully people into paying a tax bill. To report the call, use the “IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting” web page or call (800) 366-4484. Also, report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Use the “FTC Complaint Assistant” on FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.
The IRS will never: call to demand immediate payment over the phone, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed a bill; threaten to immediately bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have a person arrested for not paying; demand that a person pay taxes without giving them the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say is owed; require a person to use a specific payment method for their taxes, such as a prepaid debit card; ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
For more information, visit IRS.gov.
Former Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalván and his service dog, Tuesday, will visit Durango.
An adult event, based on Montalván’s book Until Tuesday, will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160.
A special presentation, for families and children, of Montalván’s children’s book, Tuesday Tucks Me In, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn.
Maria’s Bookshop will have Montalván’s books available for purchase at the event. Tuesday will be signing “pawtographs.” Montalván’s books relate to Montalván’s personal journey with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and severe physical injuries after numerous military tours in Iraq.
There is a suggested donation of $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Scholarships to the events are available. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 259-1672 in Durango or 570-8001 in Cortez.
Marylin Rogers will talk about her experience growing straw bale gardens using the method described in Straw Bale Gardens by Joel Karsten at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield.
Rovers is a 2015 graduate of the Colorado Master Gardener Program, and she was previously a master gardener in Texas. This talk will be a part of the April meeting of the Pine River Garden Club, but membership is not required to attend.
For more information, call 884-2222, ext. 510.
Herald Staff
