"My wife received two phone calls yesterday from a Kevin Miller at the Dept. of Legal Affairs of the US Treasury. He said she had received several letters demanding payment of past due taxes and that the next step was for an IRS agent to show up to arrest her. She told him she would talk to her attorney and accountant. The second call left the supervisor’s name (Shane) and phone number (213-289-3832). I called him when I got home – he gave an IRS employee number 11578 and said Cathy was going to jail for lack of payment. I started asking questions about getting copies of the documentation that supposedly had been sent. I asked for the city where the information had been sent. They hung up. I then spent forty-five minutes on hold with IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and confirmed that there weren't any unpaid taxes at IRS. The IRS employee also gave me the phone number to report the incident as a phishing incident. Please be aware as it could happen to you."
"My wife received two phone calls yesterday from a Kevin Miller at the Dept. of Legal Affairs of the US Treasury. He said she had received several letters demanding payment of past due taxes and that the next step was for an IRS agent to show up to arrest her. She told him she would talk to her attorney and accountant. The second call left the supervisor’s name (Shane) and phone number (213-289-3832). I called him when I got home – he gave an IRS employee number 11578 and said Cathy was going to jail for lack of payment. I started asking questions about getting copies of the documentation that supposedly had been sent. I asked for the city where the information had been sent. They hung up. I then spent forty-five minutes on hold with IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and confirmed that there weren't any unpaid taxes at IRS. The IRS employee also gave me the phone number to report the incident as a phishing incident. Please be aware as it could happen to you."
Received and identical call from the same number earlier today. Clearly, this person was phishing, but it is upsetting to identify a criminal is on the phone with you and know that there is little that could be done to have him apprehended, at least in the near future. I worried the entire time that we were on the phone that he was somehow going to be able to gain information or take advantage of me. When I could not get any additional information or clues about who he was, I warned him to leave us alone and filed a complaint with the FTC. Please be alert when dealing with anyone that you do not know.
Same exact thing happened to me. I realized it was a scam and spent time on the phone with him learning more about how it worked. Kept him on speaker phone and recorded most of the conversation. I too called the IRS, made sure I had no past tax liabilities and reported the incident. Be aware, he can be convincing, after hanging up on him, he called my cell phone and I did not answer. A few minutes later another call came across showing as 911. They are very determined, he also seemed to know specific information about me or at least guessed correctly.
I got a call from them today. Said they were from the IRS and that I owed money. I knew I didn't. They gave me the phone # 213-289-3832 with the supervisors name as Shane Johnson. I'm not calling back but I am reporting this to the IRS also.
This "Steve Johnson", with the thickest Indian accent called me TWICE today saying the same stuff. Told me I had to hang up and call his supervisor Adam at the same number he was calling me from. Ridiculous!