The IRS Scam has made its way back to northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia.

The people trying to run the scam are persistent, but that’s about it – they’re lazy, have zero imagination and are probably unpopular even at family reunions.

We based those first two observations on the fact they didn’t even attempt to change up the scam or update it in any way – they are still trying to scare people into sending them money or give them sensitive information such as credit debit card numbers, account numbers and so on by telling the person they are calling from Internal Revenue Headquarters and unless you pay your past due tax bill, you’ll be arrested.

Fact #1 – you’re not going to be arrested, because Fact #2, they’re NOT with the IRS.

The IRS doesn’t contact you by phone; if you do have an issue with previous tax returns you will be notified by U.S. Mail; and although they may be intimidating, real IRS representatives will not threaten you with arrest – it just doesn’t work that way.

We wrote down one of the numbers being used in the scam, 1-306-343-9907, and when we dialed it, it came up as being out-of-order or disconnected.

It’s NOT IRS Headquarters. Period.

So, if you receive one of these calls, simply hang up and forget about it.

And, by the way, the third observation we made about scammers being horrible people that no one likes…we just threw that in for good measure ’cause they deserve it.

(…and yes, we tried to find one of the most ancient phones in the world for use in the pic…and I’m pretty sure we succeeded)