>>> ... if i dont want to be charge nor go to court i have to pay $2,0000 in 45 mins or IRS will send an arrest warrant out for my arrest. <<<
Here's something posted on the IRS web site just today from:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Releases- ... Scams-Lead-List
"IRS Releases the “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams for 2014; Identity Theft, Phone Scams Lead List
"IR-2014-16, Feb. 19, 2014
"WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.
"The Dirty Dozen listing, compiled by the IRS each year, lists a variety of common scams taxpayers can encounter at any point during the year. But many of these schemes peak during filing season as people prepare their tax returns.
"Taxpayers should be on the lookout for tax scams using the IRS name,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “These schemes jump every year at tax time. Scams can be sophisticated and take many different forms. We urge people to protect themselves and use caution when viewing e-mails, receiving telephone calls or getting advice on tax issues.”
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Here is #2 on the dirty dozen list in that news release:
"Pervasive Telephone Scams
"The IRS has seen a recent increase in local phone scams across the country, with callers pretending to be from the IRS in hopes of stealing money or identities from victims.
"These phone scams include many variations, ranging from instances from where callers say the victims owe money or are entitled to a huge refund. Some calls can threaten arrest and threaten a driver’s license revocation. Sometimes these calls are paired with follow-up calls from people saying they are from the local police department or the state motor vehicle department.
"Characteristics of these scams can include:
"Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
"Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
"Scammers “spoof” or imitate the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
"Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
"Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
"After threatening victims with jail time or a driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
"In another variation, one sophisticated phone scam has targeted taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country. Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.
"If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do: If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 800-829-1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.
"If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
"If you’ve been targeted by these scams, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint."
I suggest that you follow the instructions in the article and call the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484 to report the incident. Of course, if the caller is out of the country, it might be hard for them to find, extradite, and prosecute him.
This guy with some foreign accent called me threatening criminal action against some concocted income tax lapses and has been pestering us both on home and cell phones. No idea what to do.
This guy called me today . He could barely speak English and he started accusing me of all the fraud etc. (there was background noise of a call center) He also gave me some phony Case ID. I called back from two different phones just to check...In one of them I got the voice mail box of Office of David Miller...and on the other I got a voice mail box of some Criminal department of IRS.
Wish the smart guys at NSA and FBI catch these crooks and put them behind bars for life?
My gf just gave them 900$ to pay taxes for a grant she thought she recieved and never got anything or her money back.. wish I knew of something to do about this if anyone has ideas???