yesterday, i received a call from this number. since i didn't recognize the number, i let my answering machine pick up the call. here's the message they left me: "This message is meant for <my name>. This is investigation officer Jim Marshall from Internal Revenue Services. This call is regarding the warrant (unclear) against your name and your passport is kept on hold by the US government. Your warrant ID is CM10010. So I want you to call me on urgent basis. The hotline to my division is 202-204-0484. I repeat it is 202-204-0484. Again this is officer Jim Marshall with Internal Revenue Services, Washington DC. Have a good day." i did not return the call until it was well after office hours. it went straight to a mailbox with a nondescript outgoing message (no mention of the IRS). "Jim Marshall" did speak with a distinctly indian accent (i should know, i am indian-american myself). apparently, these scamsters are targeting immigrants. see http://stlouis.bbb.org/article/st-louis-count ... bbb-warns-44018
in order to make sure that this is indeed a hoax and not the result of some mail that i missed, i called the IRS. i've been on hold for over 2 hours.
This number has been calling me saying they are from IRS and I owe money to irs and I need to pay them right away they want me to go to the bank get the money and buy a gift card with the money and give them the card number that's the first call. The 2nd call they are from immigration and I have a warrant out for me and I need to pay them also right away. I don't know what game they are trying to palsy but I am very smart so they could not get far with me.
File a report with the Real IRS here:
IRS: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.irs.gov/
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_24016224/fremon ... ty-targeted-irs
They must be changing numbers. I got a similar message asking me to call the office of Jim Marshall of the IRS in Washington DC. The number was 202-446-0243. I called yesterday. The man with an Indian subcontinent accent picked up and only identified himself as the IRS after I asked who he was. I hung up and called back today. The phone number appears disconnected now with no ring tone! Hmmm...