This is a magicJack number, according to phonevalidator.com :
Phone Number: 202-241-2787
Date of this Report: March 22, 2014
Phone Line Type: LANDLINE
Phone Company: YMAX CORP -- POSSIBLE MAGICJACK VOIP
(YMAX Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MagicJack VocalTec, Ltd, and provides the phone numbers assigned to magicJack devices.)
Here are two good reasons to be suspicious of these and other "official" sounding magicJack callers claiming to be with the government -- particularly if they have "202" area code numbers assigned:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/schemes-and-ripoffs-magic-jack-scam/24207906
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/1-million-ir ... t-ever/25097300
And here is how to get a magicJack in India:
http://magicjack.in
And this is all you need to supply to begin using it (to my knowledge, none of this information is actually confirmed for the free service term that comes with the hardware you buy):
"What all particulars you need for registration?
When you plug in the magicjack for the first time, a small registration screen will appear.
You will need to fill in your details such as name, address, email, username, password,ect
then you will need to select your own USA/Canada phone number and you are ready to call."
http://magicjack.in/faqs/
And that is why there are so many Indian scammers using magicJacks.
They called and claimed they are the IRS or some government agency I told him you are speaking with a government agency and we are sending a UAV to her location. if they don't stop they will be arrested the lady hung up and they never called me back
Somebody called me, his name Daniel Wilson claiming that he has an arrest warrant from IRS for my husband. He told me that he is working for Crime Investigation Department at Washington DC; he threatened me demanding a call from my husband within 24 hours or my husband will be arrested and sent to Alaska!!!! I puzzled and asked for the reason for his warning, but he denied the right for me to know and claimed seriously that it is a personal issue!!!!! such called should be triggered and such criminals should be jailed.
Yes I just got the same call (202-241-2787) from these SOB's claiming to be from crime investigation home land security and using the same line about owing taxes and if I want to pay immediately if not I will be arrested within an hour at my house. Do not give out any information to these bustards and report them to the local law enforcement for harassing you.
After I received 2 messages last week from the same people from phone numbers 585-633-1792 and 206-436-4774, I got to talk to the guy from 202-241-2787. He said he is an agent investigator working for the IRS. He said there is a federal investigation for me. I told him about the scam warning on the IRS and I will call them to check on that. He said, they won't answer my call. When I asked how he can prove this is not a scam, he gave up and said when he contacts the police in my area and get them to contact me I will know it is not scam and he hung up on me.
I received 3 calls today (3/15/2014) , 2 from 202-241-6439 ( one of them is fully recorded) and 1 from 850-810-5348, claiming to be from IRS, and they want me to call them back.
Just a note, these guys have been harassing me and other citizens, can we not have the Gov. arrest them? Should we ask the Gov. to pass a law to arrest & deport these scammers? If the calls are originating from outside USA, let the Gov. to Gov. communicate and have these people punished. I know they can be easily traced as they are most likely making VOIP calls.