This has been going on for more then a year, several in fact. Most of these calls are coming from India and Pakistan. Not much can be done since those are out of our jurisdiction.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
It seems like the IRS out of all organizations would be able to convict this person for impersonating a government official.
So why has this been going on a year.
This has been going on for more then a year, several in fact. Most of these calls are coming from India and Pakistan. Not much can be done since those are out of our jurisdiction.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
No one can do much about it because the callers are located in India and Pakistan. CNN had a piece on the scam the other day and it appears that the federal government is undertaking an investigation but I don't know what an investigation would prove. Total scam, but you can protect yourself to a degree with a call blocker and do not pick up on call numbers you do not recognize.
He said he was Officer blash blah (couldn't understand him)..from the IRS. I think I'll call back and have some fun ;) If they can harass me & nothing be done then it's time for a lil payback!