Received a text from Atty Steven Brown (indian accent) saying I owed some online cash advance place $11, 000 and I was to be arrested by the US Atoorney. I asked for the name of the company anddates this occurred to contact my attorney. He hung up.
I received several calls from this number, 1st they said they were an officer and I would be locked up due to a debt. I advised them to call my lawyer, because I filed bankrutcy, they only laughed and call about 20 times a day, saying vulger things, just calling my name, saying how they love my voice and will never stop calling. this is harrassment. How do we make this stop?
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for this.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
The IRS does not initiate any legal action by phone. Report it also to your local law enforcement agency. The scammers use voice over IP lines (e.g. magicjack (Ymax corporation). This is always against these companys' terms of use and can lead to termination of their contract. However only law enforcement can initiate the contact if you yourself are not a customer. Ultimately this is a case for the FBI legal attache in Islamabad. 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 the NSA can finally be a force for good).
Received a text from Atty Steven Brown (indian accent) saying I owed some online cash advance place $11, 000 and I was to be arrested by the US Atoorney. I asked for the name of the company anddates this occurred to contact my attorney. He hung up.