>>> I googled this number and it linked me to this forum. <<<
We already know we're here. We don't have to be told how to find us. And if someone else needs to know how to find us, by the time they see your advice, it's too late to help, anyway! :-)
But this is an IRS faker using a magicJack number. See my other post here on 800notes at:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-97219e249ee2fc8/ ... gicjack-numbers
I get the same call 202- 239-6259 and 202-241-4529 IRS officer Brian Allen from internal services have warn against my name it's urgent to call before some one get to my door
I reported to IRS , and gov agency. SCAM SCAM SCAM
We received a call from 202-239-6259 on 3/4/14 and a man called Brian Allen said he was from the IRS and said there was a Warrant out for my husband from the IRS. We had a feeling that this was a scam but because of the seriousness of the issue we continued to listen. He was very aggressive and talked about the consequences of providing fraudulent information to IRS, we were very disturbed by this phone done early morning and when we finally got to the point that we were sure it was a scam we hung up. He wanted payment over the phone via credit card.
I am really surprised that this number cannot be tracked, if it was from overseas I would doubt that we could call them back with the same number. They can probably do something to make it display as a local call, but I don't think you can contact them if it is from overseas, but what do I know?!
I got a call from this number yesterday. The person identified himself as "Roy Cage" and started outright threatening me. He said that if I was aware of a pending lawsuit against me and that he was from the "Criminal Investigation Unit" of IRS. The whole episode was very suspicious, since he could not get a bunch of facts straight. I asked him what am I being investigated for and he kept saying there is a warrant. When I said I do not owe anything to IRS he got even more angry and then said he was from FBI and IRS would never talk to me directly. Then I told him that I just typed his name in google and it came as a scam he said that he is neither in IRS nor in FBI but in a collection agency. I pushed him even further asking where he was based or which collection agency -- he said "DC" and then said " wait for the police on your doorstep to seize your property, Good bye!". As much as I knew that this was a scam, it was still disconcerting since threats are never pleasant to hear.
Anyway, this was after hours at 6 pm and then this morning I called up the IRS Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration hotline at 1.800.366.4484. You should press 5 to talk to an IRS official and tell him what happened. The IRS person asked me what number was this "Roy Cage" calling from and when I told him he said that they are already under investigation. Next time anyone calls, and says anything similar, just tell him that they are already under investigation.
You can find more about these kinds of scams at :
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing
Lets do our best to report every time we get a call from them.