I've received the same call a few times already. I am sure if we are really in trouble with IRS, we would have gotten a formal letter from IRS and not via phone. It is just too bad that nothing is or can be done to protect us honest folks from these scammers.
Search the number again, found it is NOT IRS but a company called YMAX COMMS Corp! Someone mentioned that the call is from DEA also! Becareful is scam number!!
Don't these [***] ever get tired of trying to scam people? I've blocked 12 of these numbers, and they keep calling from different numbers! I complained to Comcast, and they said they couldn't do anything about it.My question is: who can stop this [***]?
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. 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 got the same call. The caller has Pakistan or India accent. it is a scam call. I do not owe anything to IRS. Be careful this number.This number is located in DC area.