This person is a thef and claim he is an agent from the IRS and want me to send him a check for 3000.00 $ in his dream if he think i am stupid well i wish our FBI will get him if not i will make sure the ISS will he will be sorry
This person is a thef and claim he is an agent from the IRS and want me to send him a check for 3000.00 $ in his dream if he think i am stupid well i wish our FBI will get him if not i will make sure the ISS will he will be sorry
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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). 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:
This person claim he is with the IRS office from DC for sure the IRS dont hire stupid staff as this caller and i am sure he is calling from india he is a thief i hope no one fall for it
I received a call as well. He called 10 minutes ago scaring my elderly father into believing that the fbi was going to arrest me for "tax problems". When he called back I gave him a peace of my mind. The chicken [***] hung up immediately.
I received the same type of phone call from a man claiming to be IRS representative. The guy had a thick Indian accent and was very rude and unprofessional. He claimed that my husband committed IRS fraud and will be arrested within the next 1-1.5 hrs. When I started questioning him, the man became more ridiculous and obnoxious. He said the conversation is being recorded and will be used against my husband in court. I was persistent in questioning him regarding credibility and validity of his claims. He became increasingly irate and finally hung up the phone...He never got a chance to extract any $$ from me. I guess the joke is on him. He couldn't handle a woman !