They actually called a police dept. It was a recording. I called them back. After several rings a male with an Indian accent answered claiming to be the IRS. I asked where he was located. He said Washington, DC. I asked him if he knew they had called a police dept. He then asked for my name. I only would give a first name. He then asked for a badge no. Again, I refused to give out the information. He said I was lying and did not work for a police dept. because I would not give a badge no. I told him he was a scammer. He said I don't have to talk to you because you aren't the police and hung up on me. This is clearly a scam people.
I received a voice mail claiming to be the irs and that I owe money and they would be taking legal action. I myself am a tax revenue agent for the state of virginia so I didn't fall for this scam.
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:
I just received the same call few mins ago and tried to call back, but reached the voice mail. I saw another site with the same post and stated it is a scam..
They actually called a police dept. It was a recording. I called them back. After several rings a male with an Indian accent answered claiming to be the IRS. I asked where he was located. He said Washington, DC. I asked him if he knew they had called a police dept. He then asked for my name. I only would give a first name. He then asked for a badge no. Again, I refused to give out the information. He said I was lying and did not work for a police dept. because I would not give a badge no. I told him he was a scammer. He said I don't have to talk to you because you aren't the police and hung up on me. This is clearly a scam people.