Fake IRS Scammer Shirley Cruz w/ an Indian accent... wanting to talk to you about serious allegations! When I returned the call to inform her I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM, I got a message saying the magic jack user was unavailable .... HAHAHA
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 as well have received calls from Shirley Cruz saying we were under criminal investigation by the IRS. When I called her back she answered the phone, "IRS,, can I help you?" LOL!! When I called her out on her scam and hung up she immediately called back obviously to argue..didn't answer.
I have a call from this number (202) 241-7826 and left a message saying..."This is officer Shirley Cruz calling you from the criminal investigation house Internal Revenue Service. The moment you get this message. You need to give me a call back on the IRS number of a crime investigation on 202-241-7826. I repeat it's 202-241-7826. There's a notice issued on your name and there are serious allegations against your name by the crime investigation internal revenue service. As a matter of urgency. I'm looking forward to speak to you."