The Rhode Island Division of Taxation is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers pose as real division employees and display the agency’s actual phone numbers on caller ID.
The division said in an advisory issued Thursday that it has received reports of the scam, which it described as convincing and difficult to identify.
Callers are impersonating real division employees, using spoofing technology to make the agency’s genuine phone numbers appear on caller ID, phoning repeatedly to pressure people into answering, and leaving voicemails asking for a callback, according to the advisory…