I was called yesterday and left a message to have my criminal attorney contact the IRS.
Today i was called again by a man with heavy Indian accent who i promptly asked for an "agent" that spoke english... the other guy was not any better. Nelson King Tax ID # 23218 with case # CD86452 I was told i would be arrested for fraud, theft, etc. When i told him i need a minute to comprehend what is going on he started yelling at me and googled the number and called my husband who was promptly yelling at me to hang up the phone its a scam. My accountant said the IRS will NEVER contact you on the phone. Certified mail with return signature if its important. Nonetheless, i had the crap scared out of me.
I received a similar message on my voicemail from a heavy accent saying "? before I get arrested, Call us at 316-444-1050 the very next moment you receive this message, I want you or your criminal attorney to return the call. The issue at hand is extremely time sensitive.
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.
I have been receiving phone calls from a few different numbers for a month all stating they are from irs it all seemed to start after responding to a ad on Craig's list although I cant say I have evidence of this at any rate I call them sometimes ten times a day and give them a hard time and try to tie there phone up with a heated discussion I feel really bad to the uninformed or elderly who they take advantage of I tell any one who listen about this scam in hopes of preventing there family being affected its horrible the way they take advantage of innocent people
I got a call this morning, form a lady with an accent that sounded African or Indian. She she left a threatening message, i called, and a man Jasen Miller called back and also threaten me, saying i am involved in tax fraud, and he will be sending the cops to arrest me, i told him i did my research and he is obviously lying, cos am not involved in any such thing. he mentioned my husbands name, and asked to speak to him, i allowed him speak to my husband,after which he hung up on us.