This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
Same here. I have Comcast which records my calls when I am away. Here is a call received today 6/25/2014. I saved the recording.Voicemail from (202) 241-0779
Wednesday | June 25, 2014 | 3:56 PM EDT | 21 seconds
“Hey this is Crystal form Internal Revenue Service. The very second you receive this message call on hotline number 2022410779. There is a CP at eleven in notice filed against your name so before we impose a federal tax lean call back immediately. Thanks.”
I just left complaint with FTC about that.
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They are coming from cowardly criminals hiding behind a magicJack device plugged in at some God-forsaken corner of the world where there is Internet service. They simply use a magicJack device and your fear the same way a common thief uses a toy pistol hidden in the pocket of his overcoat to make a bulge that looks like a real gun.
You can verify that this is a magicJack number by searching for it at http://www.phonevalidator.com .
The IRS phone scam has been extensively researched at
http://www.pindropsecurity.com/consumer-fraud ... irs-phone-scam/ and it was found that magicJack numbers are frequently used, and many of the scammers are operating out of India. There is even an audio recording of a call returned to one of these numbers and a written transcript of the recording contained in links from the Pindrop Security blog.
MagicJacks are readily obtainable outside of the United States for about $100 US and can come with up to a year of free calling to the U.S. and Canada. In India, see, for example,
http://magicjack.in .
So it doesn't take long to turn a profit, even if only 0.1% of the people they call are stupid enough to believe the scammers.
In addition to the regular reporting channels, e.g., the Department of the Treasury, the FTC, and/or your local state attorney general's office, you might also report the abuse to YMAX Corp. This corporation is a fully-owned subsidiary of the company that sells magicJacks and is in charge of assigning telephone numbers to magicJack devices. I have seen reports that they are pretty good at responding to complaints and may be able to permanently shut off a magicJack device, if necessary, so that it can never be used again.
The YMAX Corp. main web page is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com
and their site giving information on how to lodge a complaint is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com/contact.html
Note that the "contact" website gives a clickable link to a "live chat" where you can make your complaint.
Yesterday I received a message on my answering machine that there is a criminal investigation against me by IRS and it is urgent that I call 1-202-241-0779 immediately. When I called no one answered and five minutes later same man called ( I think with slight Indian accent) and left the same message. Then I called using my cell phone and he answered and said he was a sherif and had an arrest warrant for me . When I asked him for what then he started shouting at me , and calling me names, he knew my address and said you wait I'm coming to arrest you in few minutes I could hear the police siren in the back ground and I really panicked and hung up the phone . I'm a handicap and very sick . I got dressed , packed my medicines and waited by the door to go to jail ... No one came. I was very scared. I've filed the report with local police . It is big SCAM please don't answer such phone calls.
The Indian accent should be been a dead giveaway. Anytime anyone with an Indian accent calls you and 1. offers you something or 2. threatens you, you know its 100% a scam and you should hang up.