This would be the fourth group that we have gotten these IRS phone calls from. I am so sick of it. They need to get a life and a real job…the scamming needs to stop.
We received a call from this number on our home phone. It was an awkward recorded female voice, stating that it was the Internal Revenue Service, "do not ignore this call", and to call back before they take action against me, but they never actually stated who they were attempting to contact. I was suspicious immediately due to the fact that the IRS does not conduct business in that manner.
Just received the "I'm Julie" with the IRS call saying that I needed to call 202-241-6203 before legal action is taken and the end of the call she says "take Care" Just totally weird.
Just received a call from this number on home phone with the same details as the posted message above mine.
Women stating she was from IRS - Julie something - and we needed to not ignore this message and call them back right away or action would be taken against us. She ended the call with Take care and Have a nice day. No way am I calling that back.
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:
Just received a call from this number on home phone with a women stating she was from IRS - Julie Smith - and we needed to not ignore this message and call them back right away or action would be taken against us. I returned the call and was threaten by a man with Pakistani accent about not paying enough taxes . So I told him who I was and he hung up. Reported the scam to both the IRS and Consumer protection agency via their web sites.