This man fron India said he wad from the I.R.S. and I didnt call back the police would come and get me. That was yesterday and the ( the police) are still not here ???? What? Then he said " have a nice day". Like I'm a tourist. Now if I am wanted by the I.R.S why would they say have a nice day...
IRS scam, man with heavy Indian accent claims to be from the crimes and fraud division of the IRS, they will file charges/lawsuit against me if they don't hear from me immediately. Very difficult to understand the message at all, I know it's a scam, but where are they getting our phone numbers from? IRS doesn't use those kind of tactics, they will file a wage garnishment before initiating any other form of legal action. Usually that's sufficient to get a taxpayer's attention! What makes these people so brazen?
I just received a call from this number saying they were the IRS and had a criminal case filed against my name. His name was Richard Brown and spoke with a very pronounced Middle Eastern accent. I told him that I would call the IRS and verify the validity before I would speak to them about anything.
I have received 2 calls from this number and one from253.336.5895 stating criminal action is going to be taken against me from IRS. I know I haven't done anything illegal.
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: