I had this incident today , such a fake call trying to make it sound real and pranking it from 911 . This john schmaker guy is an idiot asking me to pay 2700$ on phone or 27,000 later ...
we got a call from 202-470-6070 and 202-760-2344 claiming to be IRS and sherif's department,name John Shumaker. He was trying to convince us to pay $2300.00
I just got a from the "CA Police Department" because a complaint has been filed against me by the IRS. I was told to call an Officer Tom O'Brien at (979)871-7189 - when I called the man answering the phone had a think Indian accent and demanded that I settle over the phone or the police were going to come to arrest me. Very scary! but then he started to sound fishy when he refused to allow me to have my husband join the call.
Got a call today from (713) 489-2317 and a heavily accented man who claimed to be a "John Wilson" from the IRS (and gave number 6331H) said the sheriff had paperwork to serve today for an arrest because of deliberate withholding of $ and $ owed in the amount of $3060. Said he needed cash to be sent to a Rite Aid within 30 minutes and that if the call was ended for even one minute, the deal was off. He said only cash. Because today was Martin Luther King Day, and no banks were open, he said he would take less. It is such a scam. Don't fall for it -- but he reads paragraphs from a "complaint" that tries to scare you: claims you will be arrested, a lien will be placed on all your property, your employer will be notified and your paycheck taken, your passport seized, etc. etc. etc. -- unless you get him cash through Rite Aid within 30 minutes. Scam!!
I got a call today 28th Feb 2014 and the caller ID showed as 911. A lady on other side with a thick accent pronounced my nam incorrectly and asked about my whereabouts. I told her before I give her any information I would need to verify her identity as I suspect this to be a fake call and she hung up.
Had the same issue today (03/11/2014). Someone with indian accent called me from this number: 202 241 4151. Suprisingly, I asked to called them back and they answered. He told me that a warrant was issued against me and I need to make a deal. I told him that I needed to check with the IRS first and get back to you, and it got him all worked up and started threatening that the police Is going to be at my door steps to hand cuffs me and take me straight to jail. When I insisted I needed to call to verify, he hung up still threatening.
I found out from the IRS website they use sophisticated programs to hack caller ID displays and call routing: