Got scammed by Cash advance USA....had the nerve to call me back two weeks later. I explained to the lady what had happened and she offered me a refund of the $150 they had taken and not returned...felt strange about it. She called me 14 times and when I finally called back it was a guy who told me I was mistaken...i couldnt have been...redial button...not difficult....That this was the IRS and I owed $1500. These people are working together and there is no way I owe the IRS. Shut these people down!!!
A "Lady" called from an anonymous number claiming to be from the IRS: "Hello, we have been trying to reach you, this call is officially a final notice from the IRS, Internal Revenue Service, the reason of this call is to inform you about the lawsuit that the IRS is filing against you. To learn more details about this case call to 202-239-0065. I repeat, 202-239-0065". The IRS, knows my name and address and they have not sent any notice. Since this call does not even mention my name, I assume it is from a crook trying to scare gullible people to return the call and to get info about them. I found out that the number is from a mobile number in the Washington area.
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. 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: