Kent Police Warn of IRS/Identity Theft Scams

As a reminder to all our residents as we enter tax season, please be careful to safeguard your personal information. Over the last few years, our area has seen a large amount of IRS, Tax and Treasury Department scams. If you are contacted by phone or email by a person claiming to be from any department demanding personal information, banking information or any type of payment, do not provide that information or payment to them. Many of these scams target the elderly and ma...y make threats of arrest or large fines. We have also had numerous complaints of false tax returns being filed. If you feel you are victim of any type of scam or identity theft, please contact Kent PD, our Detectives have been working with State and Federal Agencies to assist with investigating these crimes. We have added links to the IRS Identity Theft Affidavit and the Federal Trade Commission web site which assists with identity theft. As always if you have any questions, feel free to call, we are available 24/7.