I received 3 calls todayfrom 2022427798, the person calling was asking for my daughter. He had an indian accent, and said he was officer daniel wilson, (which I thought odd) and that my daughter needed to call because of a legal action of complaint was made aganist her and her address he also said to donot ignor the matter and to call back as soon as possible or actions will be taken aganist her, he also said he was from the federal government. I called back because it sounded like a serious matter, I got this person's voice mail and left a message concerning this matter. He never got back to me, I kept calling and would get either the voice mail or busy signals. Wondering why he hasn't called back because sombody's there but I guess maybe im not my daughter.
I received 3 calls todayfrom 2022427798, the person calling was asking for my daughter. He had an indian accent, and said he was officer daniel wilson, (which I thought odd) and that my daughter needed to call because of a legal action of complaint was made aganist her and her address he also said to donot ignor the matter and to call back as soon as possible or actions will be taken aganist her, he also said he was from the federal government. I called back because it sounded like a serious matter, I got this person's voice mail and left a message concerning this matter. He never got back to me, I kept calling and would get either the voice mail or busy signals. Wondering why he hasn't called back because sombody's there but I guess maybe im not my daughter.
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:
Have recieved several calls from this number referencing a legal action regarding my mailing address. Caller with thick foreign accent id's self as an "Officer" from the "Federal Investigation Department" and stresses need to call back or "legal actions" will be taken! It ends with a warning to not disregard this message! Very alarming stuff!
I received a half hr. call from this man today asking for $3600 from an unpaid tax debt. He made it sound urgent and said the police would be at our door to hand cuff me and my wife if we didn't pay. I was scared and said I would call the IRS to investigate and he finally said you don't understand, God Bless!