Just like the lady that commented from receiving a call yesterday 10/09/2014..I recvd one today stating the same thing.....they were had a very heavy accent and yelled at me when I said I couldn't understand them,....told me I had been audited by IRS for my 2013 Tax Returns and owed several thousand dollars...gave me a "warrant id" number and very very rudely said they were reporting me to local police for federal fraud charges and I would be handcuffed and taken to prison for min. of 3 years......I got so upset I started to cry...ya see...I had filed for disability in 2012 and don't even have a checking or savings account.....I was so mad ...they kept yelling at me and transferring me from one "supervisor" to another to they finally got it down to an amount of 200.oo if I paid them right then,......they were messing with the wrong white sounthern belle......I had caught on and told them to go ahead and have police pick me up......I wasn't giving any bank acct info out.......then they really got mad and hung up.....I waited a few minutes and called them back...of course its a machine that answers stating IRS We were not able to answer the phone right now, call back . So I left a message that I had reported them to the police........and hung up....they called back one more time but I didn't answer and they didn't leave a vm that time.....this is too much.......I am so glad I was able to type in area codes and 202 popped right up.......I hope they get whats coming to them...karma is a u know what...........we gotta stick together fellow citizens od the USA.......Peace
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
Just like the lady that commented from receiving a call yesterday 10/09/2014..I recvd one today stating the same thing.....they were had a very heavy accent and yelled at me when I said I couldn't understand them,....told me I had been audited by IRS for my 2013 Tax Returns and owed several thousand dollars...gave me a "warrant id" number and very very rudely said they were reporting me to local police for federal fraud charges and I would be handcuffed and taken to prison for min. of 3 years......I got so upset I started to cry...ya see...I had filed for disability in 2012 and don't even have a checking or savings account.....I was so mad ...they kept yelling at me and transferring me from one "supervisor" to another to they finally got it down to an amount of 200.oo if I paid them right then,......they were messing with the wrong white sounthern belle......I had caught on and told them to go ahead and have police pick me up......I wasn't giving any bank acct info out.......then they really got mad and hung up.....I waited a few minutes and called them back...of course its a machine that answers stating IRS We were not able to answer the phone right now, call back . So I left a message that I had reported them to the police........and hung up....they called back one more time but I didn't answer and they didn't leave a vm that time.....this is too much.......I am so glad I was able to type in area codes and 202 popped right up.......I hope they get whats coming to them...karma is a u know what...........we gotta stick together fellow citizens od the USA.......Peace
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:
Please be advised that all calls generated should be directed to your local PD. No one should give out any information as by IRS Guidelines.. Have questions, call IRS for details..