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:
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:
Received a telephone message on 9/18/2014 from 202-241-7059 stating that if they do not receive a return call that the IRS will be taking legal action against us with no further notice. The ID on the call just states that the call is coming from Washington, D.C. I called back and a person of foreign descent answered the telephone with "this is the IRS how can we help you". I hung up.
I also got a call saying it was the IRS, I turned it on him and started asking him all kinds of questions and told him to let me speak to an American agent, also told him to give me his agent number as I wanted to check it out, he hung up on me lol, knew it was a scam as soon as he answered the phone.
Please be advised everyone!!!! "THE IRS ( NEVER) CALLS ANYONE" They Are A Federal Government Agency Of The United States. Please be aware of this numbers and "Scammers" They Make Fake Calls and Put Any Phone Numbers to Look like the call is coming from Washington DC. The IRS Would "Never threaten any person" . So If You Get A Call From Them. Do Not Pick Up The Phone." Please Remember" All Government Agents Have Federal ID Numbers and have different Departments for Different Situations. IRS Belongs and Represents The United States Department of The Treasury.
So Do Not Sweat It. Ignore these Calls. You Can File a Complaint with The Federal Trade Commission and Give them The Number That They Called You From. These scammers start doing these scams at the end of the year to the end of April. Most of These Scammers are from Nigeria, Pakistan, India ,Etc. and They all are from foreign countries. Check Your Local Media Stations in your town or city on scams of the IRS. You also may file a report with your local police or Law Enforcement and give them the number they called you from.Report it to TIGTA under or send your complaints to the Following: