I got a call saying I will be charged for a legal case. Turns out they said I own IRS money. I can not talk to any 3rd party till the case is dropped. They said I need to pay them cash right away and a police officer will come to my house and take the money. I call use a 3 way call to ask my friends for money, but I can't hung of the phone...
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.
Thank you so much for the replay! I did go to the police station and call my accountant they all told me this is a scam! These people are good at acting, they make it sounds so real...good thing at the end when they said I can borrow money from my friends and familIy but I can't tell them I am talking to IRS I start to question about it...
I just received a call from this number 347-349-5336 and spoke with a woman with a thich Indian accent who claimed to work for the IRS. They were threatening that I will be arrested unless I paid them the amount of $4395.00 for tax evasion and misleading information over "the past few years". They did not specify the years at all.
I was definitely suspicious because they said that they mailed out forms twice in the past two months, to which I know I never received anything regarding it. So, I asked her to confirm my address for me, and she did, but she didn't specify my SSN#. That actually made me very suspicious of the whole thing.
She then said that they were going to activate my arrest warrant and that cops would be down at my place at some point to put me in jail for a minimum of 72-hours (kinda weird to me that I don't have an option to post bail too). So, I tried to get some more info on how to avoid jail because I was still kind of believing it, but didn't provide her with any additional info. She said that she would need to put me on hold to speak with her Attorney General to see if there's anything else she can do. I was on hold for a total of 15-seconds before she was back on the line with me telling me that my only option to avoid jail was to do their OOCR = Out of Court Restitution program, where I would have to pay $4395 to them over the phone immediately otherwise, I would be arrested. I laughed it off and figured it was a total scam. That figure was just too much for me to even be remotely responsible for, especially since they never told me how many years they were charging me for.
It's a total scam everyone. And they seem very convincing. But just be sure to ask them the common sense questions. Make them verify your info. If they refuse, then do NOT provide them anything. If they're essentially bullying you into wanting to make a payment over that same phone call and that's your only chance at avoiding jail, then IT'S A SCAM!!!
Don't fall prey to these people. They have no hearts and are strictly in it to rob you of your money.
I am going to be reporting this phone number to every site I can. BE AWARE!!!!