Old Lyme Police Advise Residents to Beware of Phone Scam

The Old Lyme Police Department has made the following announcement:

“Please share with your family and friends. Most important are the elderly, they are easily targeted.

Be aware of phone calls or messages that state the following of something similar, “this is and urgent last attempt to contact you, the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you, please call the following number”. They then identify themselves as the IRS and inform you that the Police will be visiting you in the very near future unless you wire them cash or purchase cash cards to provide them with the bar code information over the phone. They will demand that you do this immediately and not to contact the police.