Contacted by a fraudulent tax agent saying that I needed to pay balance to IRS in full and to contact Kathy Baker at IRS 202 241 7307 immediately. I called them back and they threatened me with tax evasion and several other charges and prison for 3+ years.
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:
Same message as Marion's. Sounds like a computer generated message. Started message before my answering machine was finished requesting a message be left, so I didn't hear the first part. Poor vocabulary is dead giveaway. Said to call before "legal allegations" are started against me. I think they meant legal actions.
I also received calls from 202-241.7307. Scared me to death but I found out in time before I gave them any money. another number they called me on was 550-358-4650 and
Contacted by a fraudulent tax agent saying that I needed to pay balance to IRS in full and to contact Kathy Baker at IRS 202 241 7307 immediately. I called them back and they threatened me with tax evasion and several other charges and prison for 3+ years.