Caller said i had an arrest warrant in my name for IRS and immigration act violation and that i had to pay $750 using vouchers from RITEAID to pay and after this has been done, the warrant will be cancelled and afterwards the monies will be refunded by two IRS agents that would come to my home to give me the documents showing my violations... I was also given a case file number... SMH because they has accents from the middle east and she said her name was ESTHER ROSE and passed me over to her manager SEAN SMITH.....asked for his ext and he said 1800......retarded
OMG I just received the same type of call and was so scared! They told me police were going to come and arrest me! When I told tem I was going to call the police they hung up on me! Crooks!
These people should be punished!
i received a voicemail from a women say there's been a warrant issue under my name- this is stupid- IRS will never call and issue a warrant- they will issue a letter first- this people need to be caught- this is negative
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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). 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: