I had the same experience today as previous posters.
Indian-sounding man (David Cooper) called and said he was calling from US Treasury Dept, asking for my lawyer's name. Wouldn't give me any information or case file # or anything, but said to call this number if I wanted more information. He said it belonged to Chris Walker. I called the number and after 10 rings got a voicemail announcing as someone other than Chris Walker.
Just a few minutes ago I got the same Indian-sounding guy (David Copper) wanted to talk to me , my dad said I wasn't home and took a message. The guy said he was from the Treasury Dept and to have me call 213-457-3672 asap.My dad told me he thought it was a scam, googled the number and turns out he was right.
My cousin got a call from the same people too! Say she owes 3000 or something like that. But she knows better so now she been calling them back scamming them. She had one guy change his voice to a female just cuz she demanded to talk to the female who calls her rose.
She made a Facebook page called SCAM THE IRS SCAMMERS.
Just got a call from Adam Walker for someone in my house. Told me we needed to get a lawyer for a very important matter and to call him back at 213 457-3672. Failure to do so would result in something bad. Then tells me to have a blessed day! SCAM SCAM SCAM all the way!
These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.