They stated I used western union to receive and send money to my home country. Never happened. They knew my full name, told me I wasn't a citizen and tried using scare tactics. It was an Indian accent and everytime I asked what the case was about "Shawn Smith" kept saying "oh my God, how can you not know the federal crime you committed."
Nice try buddy. I told him my attorney will be in contact with them. I later found this forum and I called them back letting them know they're a scam. Upset, "Shawn Smith" stated "I'm going to call the investigative team right now," and abruptly hung up.
You do that my friend.
My attorney stated that his clients get these calls often and even he receives official looking bogus SSA requesting detailed client info. Please be careful everyone!
This IRS scam calls from numerous different numbers and every time I block 1 number, somebody with strong Indian accent calls from another number claiming he is Kevin McCoy (hardly sounds like one) or typical American name of IRS and there is an arrest warrant for my family member. Outraged, I reported to FBI. Everybody who receives their phone call should do the same with www.ic3@gov. I was advised by my local FBI office.
My father in law just got one of these calls and he asked me to help him find out what it was about. They had left about 12 VMs for him over the last 1.5 weeks. I listened at the VM and
1. They claim to be calling from Treasury Headquarters instead of any official US government name.
2. They claim "you" have been found to be guilty and that "Your address" is under investigation. Who is "YOU" they never say.
So I thought it was fraud but my father in law insisted that he wanted to be sure. I called them and they asked me for his info which I told them I would not give to them. Instead I told them that if they were really the government they could find out what his name and all the data of the supposed claim if I told them the case number they left as a reference in the VM. They guy told me that they don't file cases under case numbers but under phone numbers. I hang up.