I have been getting harassment calls from this number indicating that the I was going to get sued or arrested for IRS fraud and they keep calling repeatedly with these threats. I would like them to STOP!!!! Immediately STOP the harassments!!!!
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:
My family member got calls 3 days in row. Caller pretended as IRS officer, threatening of lawsuit by IRS. So I called back from different phone number, call was answered by Jack from IRS (fake name). I asked the guy to keep on talking until I reached Police Station then he can explain to cop what ever the issue he has. Guy started threaten me asking me about my address and so on. I continued to insist that I will give all info after he talks to cop...he hung up on me.. When I called second time he got very upset and angry and start cursing me in two Indian languages very offensive and chip curses in Guajarati and Hindi., .I called back few more time but he placed phone on busy after 3-4 times... so I changed my mind and did not go to police station.