Since this appears to be a fairly new list, I assume it is for Scammers-in-Training. They probably still wet the bed at night. They eat Kowdunga for breakfast. (Kowdunga is a colloquial term for sacred, white cow shφ.) But you should do for them what I do for real professional scammers. Never answer the phone even if it shows your area code. (My answering machine does ask for a message to be left, but they never leave a live one.) Never call back because that could cost you money and/or tells them when you are home. Block the number. Get yourself a Panasonic phone system that blocks 250 numbers. A system with 3 handsets is about $100. Check Amazon.com for one. A nice feature is when the àѕѕηθļєs call back, there is no ring to irritate you. We are a sick society if we keep on accepting these insulting intrusions.
Got a call about from this number about 45min ago claiming to be the IRS and saying I owe then $5000, they said I couldn't talk to anyone about it while I was on the phone with them and that I could not disconnect the call or I would be subject to a court of law for fraud. They wanted me to go down to a 7/11, a walmart, or local pharmacy and that when I got there they would give me the second step. I got my awesome sister to help me and she looked up the number on her smart phone and found the number and confirmed that it was a bougus number trying to scam me. She even told them to f-off and leave me alone and that we were reporting them! Lol if she hadn't helped me I don't know anything about the IRS so I would have been screwed.
Total scam. Originates in either India or Pakistan. Block and ignore. DO NOT RETURN THE CALL!
See: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
See also: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/scammers-continuing-pose-irs-agents
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. IRS has enough administrative authority under the IRS Code and related regulations to collect all taxes lawfully due the federal government. Court action, if any is handled by the DOJ and all parties are entitled to legal assistance if it is a criminal matter. But--tax disputes are for the most part civil matters. 90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively. IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes. IRS does not threaten to involve local law enforcement or to arrest you for nonpayment of federal taxes. IRS has no powers of arrest as related to ordinary tax disputes. Having a deficiency in taxes owed by way of audit is NOT a crime. IRS does not cold call anyone and demand immediate payment of money. IRS does not ask for financial information over the phone. IRS does not accept Green card money paks for payment in any case. No one is prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. IRS has absolutely no authority over anyone's professional license. Professional licensing is handled by state governments. Yes, levies on property to satisfy an existing tax obligation do occur, but only after a very long period of negotiation. And yes, liens are placed on individuals but usually after a lot of negotiation and a failure to reach a settlement. All determinations of tax liability are subject to appeals. All contacts by the IRS are initiated by US mail.
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