If you receive a call from someone stating that they are from the “IRS” or the “State of Massachusetts” and they say if you do not pay a certain amount of money TODAY they will send the police to arrest you, it is a SCAM. They will provide you with certain information regarding your address and or close family members’ names. The suspects pay for this information on a website like ZABASEARCH.COM. It gives them this information to make them seem legitimate. They use various different numbers including the IRS’s tty number. If you receive a call like this, simply hang up and inform your local police department.

You can call our non-emergency line at 617-625-1212 to report it.