Thank you for posting this! I received a call this morning and was so afraid that I was going to get arrested by tomorrow if I didn't pay $1200 dollars towards the $3500 they said I owed. They threatened me with seizing my bank funds and suspending my license if I didn't take care of this within 6 hours! They really had me afraid until I started talking to my husband about it and feeling ridiculous. When I found all these others that this had happened to, it calmed my fears and now I'm just upset for going along as nicely as I did. He's scheduled to call me back by 3pm to get a payment. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!
These people are using all kinds of numbers to ry to con you out of your money. I played along with them as well until the "agent" couldn't give the address that I the "officers" would be arresting me. It should be a law against these scam artist!!
Please note: No one is arrested or prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. Period. IRS has NO powers of arrest in any case. Please ignore these kinds of threatening calls. No government agency cold calls you and starts threatening you. IRS has to follow the constitution like any other governmental agency.
For some reason women are especially vulnerable to these kinds of cold calls.
Total scam. Originates in either India or Pakistan. Block and ignore. DO NOT RETURN THE CALL!
See: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
Report them:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. Court action, if any is handled by the DOJ and all parties are entitled to legal assistance if it is a criminal matter. But--tax disputes are for the most part civil matters. 90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively. IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes. IRS does not threaten to involve local law enforcement or to arrest you for nonpayment of federal taxes. IRS has no powers of arrest. If LE is necessary, US Marshals do the job. IRS does not cold call anyone and demand immediate payment of money. IRS does not ask for financial information over the phone. IRS does not accept Green card money paks for payment in any case. No one is prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. IRS has absolutely no authority over anyone's professional license. Professional licensing is handled by state governments. Yes, levies on property to satisfy an existing tax obligation do occur, but only after a very long period of negotiation. And yes, liens are placed on individuals but usually after a lot of negotiation and a failure to reach a settlement. All determinations of tax liability are subject to appeals. All contacts by the IRS are initiated by US mail.
Yeah they called me saying IRS is suing me to call 202-469-1967, anyway for the hell of it I called them back some damn guy from India answered, and Of course I told his [***] off, IRS will not call you, they will send you a letter, what the hell these scammers are [***]