IRS Scammers...they called and left a message saying they were a division of the IRS and that if I should not ignore the call. I called back VERY skeptical. I would not give them any information. They asked my for my phone number to look up "my file" I would not give it to them. They then said they already had my number and asked if I was someone who i wasn't...I said I wasn't NOT this person and they said they were looking for that person for tax evasion...VERY sketchy. Don't believe a WORD these people say.
Confirmed fraud attempt (IRS script). 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 received a very hostile message this morning (11/20/14) on my answering machine about the IRS, an audit etc. The same number called later today and I answered it. It was a man named Mike who sounded British but was with the 1040 Division of the IRS. He talked very fast as if he was reading from a script and told me that I was being sued from the IRS and that I was being audited for the years 2008 until present. Said that they have sent me numerous letters about this in the mail and that I have not contacted them. I couldn't understand a lot of what he said so I tried to ask him what this was all about and he said something about the police coming to my door and that the call was being recorded. I said I didn't care and he hung up. I called back and got the same guy and he said that I didn't care. I said I didn't care if I was being recorded and he hung up again. I called back for the third time and got the same guy "Mike" and he said I called him a jerk. I asked to speak to his supervisor and he said he was the head person in charge or something to that affect and then he hung up for the third time. I then did some research and found out that this was indeed a scam and tried to call him back for the fourth time to tell him that I was reporting him but there was no answer. He was the rudest person I think I have ever talked to on the phone.
IRS Scammers...they called and left a message saying they were a division of the IRS and that if I should not ignore the call. I called back VERY skeptical. I would not give them any information. They asked my for my phone number to look up "my file" I would not give it to them. They then said they already had my number and asked if I was someone who i wasn't...I said I wasn't NOT this person and they said they were looking for that person for tax evasion...VERY sketchy. Don't believe a WORD these people say.