Who called from 2022417807

Received this message today:
"This message. You need to call me on Harris number of criminal investigation. 202-241-7807. I repeat it's 202-241-7807. As there's a lawsuit a legal case has been filed against you with CVS allegation. It is a matter of urgency I'm looking forward to speak with you. Thank you. You have a great and blessed day."

>>> You need to call me on Harris number of criminal investigation. 202-241-7807. <<<

Another cowardly extortionist hiding behind yet another untraceable, throw-away magicJack number.  You can pretty much assume that all threatening calls you receive on 202-241-xxxx numbers are throw-away magicJack numbers.

Received this message today from someone with an middle east accent:
"Hi, this is officer Mike Ross calling you from criminal investigation of Inter Iraqi Services [sic]. The moment you get this message you need to call me on IRS number of criminal investigation. 202-241-7807, I repeat it's 202-241-7807; as there's a lawsuit and legal case has been filed against you with previous litigation [sic]. It is a matter of urgency, I'm looking forward to speaking with you. Thank you, you have a great and [blessed?] day."

I think the script he was reading said IRS, but he mistakenly extrapolated that to Inter Iraqi Services.

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:

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-a9526ebadc65cf9/ ... 558497927242748

I did a reverse lookup on the number and found it was owned by Ymax Oration (MagicJack).
I went to their website and used the Report Abuse link and sent them an e-mail.

This morning I received this reply:
"Thank you for reporting this to us. You should no longer be receiving calls from this number.
Sincerely,
magicJack Customer Care"

We'll see if I get another call today from "Officer Mike Ross".

I thank you for your suggestion at contacting the company that provides their anonymous phone number. I'll be doing this more in the future.