Meridian
Township residents have reported receiving calls from persons claiming to be
from the IRS and Meridian Township Police.
The callers demand money, bank account information, credit card
information or other forms of payment for unpaid taxes. Callers claim to be an IRS Agent and threaten
to press criminal charges and/or arrest the victim if payment is not made
immediately. Victims have also reported
receiving telephone calls from Meridian Township Police Officers who claim to
be working with the fraudulent “IRS Agent” and threaten to arrest the
victim. These scams can involve
elaborate deception methods including the victim’s caller ID indicating the
call is from the Meridian Township non-emergency telephone number of
517-332-6526.
Residents are
warned that these calls are fraudulent and should be ignored. The IRS, Meridian Township Police, and other
government representatives will not call you and instruct you to provide
banking information, to transfer funds by going to your local bank, to send funds
by Western Union, demand your credit card information over the telephone, or
instruct you to provide any information by e-mail or on any web site. The suspects will continue to call a person
if they receive any amount of cooperation from the victim. The Meridian Township Police Department
encourages you to hang up on such callers and/or ignore these calls completely.
Anyone who
has information regarding this case is asked to contact the Meridian Township
Police Department at 517.853.4800, CrimeStoppers at 517.483.STOP, or submit an
anonymous tip through the Department’s social media sites.
