Automated Voice message- Must have upgraded from the person with the terrible accent. Told to call about Lawsuit from IRS (Which they never call- they must use US Mail) 202-864-1675. Called number sounds disconnected. (Musical Chairs)
IRS SCAM - REPORT TO FBI/FTC. NOT RECOMMENDED TO CONTACT TO AVOID GIVING PERSONAL AND SECURE INFORMATION!!! THEY WILL PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH THEIR NUMBERS. the caller ID says the call came from.
NEW YORK 1-516-746-9209 and most likely also NEW YORK 1-607-397-8256
First time was a guy name Steve Martin from IRS with a warrant for arrest. Totally different number to call back than this one. Was somewhere in California. He left probably 4 messages that on the 4th we called back and he gave a run around and finally told us to F--- off and put a block on their end from us calling back But then again still called back. Now again from private caller and leaving this call back #.
ANNOY THEM!!! CALL THEM BACK OVER AND OVER- WASTE THEIR TIME!!! THEY WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE YOU ALONE!!! http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26258351/on-you ... s-to-admit-scam
Message said to call 203-701-1071....
Woman named "Breann Smits" said money owed to IRS. Then "Supervisor George Simpson" 888-393-2421 gave a badge # of 151395 then later said it was 159395... Couldn't even get their lies straight.
Here is the info from the IRS pasted below....
***"If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue, if there really is such an issue.
If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to TIGTA at 1.800.366.4484.
If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint."***
IF you have been scammed out of any money, contact your local law enforcement to report it.
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.
2) Help kill their phone lines but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)
3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email: