My wife who is the chef was keep receiving the call over the 20times that they said IRS. She working in the kitchen, you know? Very into the work.
They keep calling that to pay the debt right now with heavy Indian/ Pakistan accent. Then my wife called me for the help. The phone number they use wasnt IRS. iRS even call in person. I called them back and to send the by mail if you are Real IRS, then they hang up the phone.
SCAM. I just reported to Real IRS.
I too received calls stating that there were three federal charges aganst me. The accent was so heavy that most of the recording was too difficult to understand. He said he was Officer David (?) Cooper from the IRS and that if I do not call back they will proceed with charges. Left 844-854-5522 but the second day he left basically the same unaudible message with the number 202-241-6119. I plan to call the Sheriff's office to report these calls. Thanks for your comments - gives me some relief. Even though I didn't think it was the IRS, it still made my heart beat faster!
Received call stating there are 3 lawsuits against me and if I don't call back they will proceed with them. If I decide not to call back, they then wished me good luck!? Lots of noise in the background, gentleman had heavy accent, claimed he was an officer from the IRS?
It's the new IRS - "India Runs Scams". The REAL IRS will never phone you, unless you phone them first. They always write you. As always in calls of these type: Send me proof of debt in the mail. That's US Mail. Not fax, text, or email.
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: