Voice mail saying that if not call them back, legal action will be taken to against me.
I called this number back, no answer.
Maybe they just wants people to call this number, and charge large amount money.
A robotic voice called my cell and said to call this number to avoid further legal actions. Did not state who they are or the purpose (debt collection? lawsuit?) at all. Clearly a scam call.
Voice mail saying that if not call them back, legal action will be taken to against me.
I called this number back, no answer.
Maybe they just wants people to call this number, and charge large amount money.
I received an IRS scam call from this number this morning at 8:18am. The partial voicemail was from "Julie Smith." When I returned the call, I refused to give my name. After my third refusal to give my name, the man on the phone said that he hoped I "have a good lawyer who will bail you out of jail." I have since filed a complaint through the FTC website.
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: