This is verbatim what he just left on my phone. I called him back and he just went off on me and said I was being sassy to him and he tried to help me, and now he was going to have someone seek further legal action...what an A-hole!!!
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:
"Officer David Black calling from SSA. We have recieved a legal notice in reference to your 1040 Tax Audit. This issue is extremely time sensative. Do not atempt to disregard or dismiss this message. Give us a call immediately before we proceed ahead with the appropriate legal actions in reference to this notice. Have a blessed day." Man had either British, Austrailian or South African accent.
This is verbatim what he just left on my phone. I called him back and he just went off on me and said I was being sassy to him and he tried to help me, and now he was going to have someone seek further legal action...what an A-hole!!!
I got a call from this number 202-241-0461 today - it registered on caller id as being from Jennifer Le, but the recorded message (yes, recorded message) was in a very strong English accent from a man claiming to be Officer David Black from the SSA (Social Security Administration) and claiming the call was for the Recipient (which means it is for whomever answers the phone to get the message?) First of all, if they were halfway intelligent, they wouldn't be making these calls, but they would know at least to address the call to whoever the phone number they are calling is registered to. I wish these assbites would just leave people alone. Surely our Governmental entities should know how to put a stop to this crap. It is 2016, after all. Look at all the things they are capable of doing to prevent things from getting out - they can't muffle these scam artists?