we got a call saying we was approved for a loan we just needed to send first payment and they would send it right back we did all that and still got no loan
when you call this number, an individual answers and identifies himself as the IRS. When he transfers you to another "agent" it turns out to be the same joker who answered the call and starts right away by asking for your lawyer's name so they can send your lawyer legal documents about a pending lawsuit against you. This is where I let him have it and he eventually hung up the phone on me. Man I if I could do more than report them to the IRS at: http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml, I would.
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 received a message on my answering machine from someone, who spoke with an accent and was difficult to understand, and who identified himself as Officer Ryan Collin from ...Audit Internal Revenue (couldn't hear the whole thing) and that a lawsuit had been filed against me and my home was under federal surveillance, and I was supposed to call this number to let them know I had received this call.