got a call saying i would be arrested if i didn't call back. they didn't know that town i lived in, which is a red flag, IRS scam. the real IRS already has all your info. do not give your info to them.
I received a call this morning that showed up on my caller ID as coming from Springfield, VA. This number 571-339-3011 is actually from Alexandria, VA. The caller, with a foreign accent, claimed to be from the IRS, and told me that there is a lawsuit against us. I asked him to send me the information by mail, to which he replied that it had been sent twice already. I told him that we had not received any information and hung up the phone.
I checked that number on this website- http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/5713393011 -and it has two other report about this number, on one the caller claimed to be with Diabetes supplies, and the other was also IRS.
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:
got a call saying i would be arrested if i didn't call back. they didn't know that town i lived in, which is a red flag, IRS scam. the real IRS already has all your info. do not give your info to them.