They called me and told me that i owe money to IRS and if do not pay they will take my house, cars, bank account and they gave me a warrant number. They asked me if I like to settle the amount out of court and then they connected me with their supervisor, he told me I should pay 1292 dollars to IRS and go wire the money from a CVS to IRS restitution department right away; and if i do not pay there will be a police office arresting me. When I asked for an address to send the money they were not able to provide me with the address, and I knew it was hoax. We called the Federal Trade commission and let them know that this was going on. These individuals have an Asian Indian accent and one introduced himself as Mr.Cooper and then his supervisor, Jack Rodgers
They called me early morning 7.00 am, said that he is Alex Copper calling from IRS Criminal Investigation Division , he even gave me some case number too , he threatened me local police department for arresting me and also Home land Security Department
DO NOT BE MISLEAD OR BAMBOOZLED BY THESE BOZOS! DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY WILL SEIZE UPON IT TO DO AN INTERNET CHECK ON YOU. THE MORE INFO THEY GET, THE MORE IT LENDS CREDIBILITY TO WHY THEY ARE CALLING/WHAT INFORMATION THEY ARE TRYING TO GET FROM YOU!
They are an unprofessional gang of thugs working from a large volume call center (you can hear their cohorts in the background) running a very complex and widespread scam--as you can see from the posts before mine! These people have very heavy foreign accents (Arabic/Indian?), do not use proper grammar, will not put an English speaking supervisor on the phone--and if you ask to speak to one, they hang up on you!
The initial message stated: "This is Alex Rogers calling from "The State Investigation Dept" because someone has lodged a complaint against your name and your identity. I want you to give me a call back and ask for the Investigation Officer at number 202-239-6612. If you do not call me back, we will have to download your case to the courts and subpeona you."
When you call back, and press them to provide valid credentials by asking "Which branch of the government do you report to?" or "Which department in the IRS are you working in?", they say "The State". When asked "Which state?" they repeatedly replied "The State" , "The United States" or "Washington, DC State".
I told them there is no way they could possibly be connected to any government office, agency or bureau and not to call me back...and they started calling me back every three minutes changing their names from Alex Rogers, to Alex Cooper, to Jeff Barker saying, "Hey, I want to talk to you. You think this is a scam, huh? I will tell you this. ma'am; this is not a scam. You are really in trouble."
Folks: No official representative of the United States Government is going to contact you in this manner, and certainly not without legitimate credentials that can be verified. They know nothing about our country, our government or our judicial system. SO BE VERY CAREFUL! It is bad enough these idiots have our phone numbers; if our identities have been stolen, it is undoubtedly THEM.