Where have YOU been hiding? The IRS knows about it and already IS taking action on it:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/201 ... -calls-hang-up/
The problem is that many of the scammers use magicJacks that are easy to obtain overseas and provide six months of free phone service. They can be plugged in anywhere in the world there is Internet service and be used to make practically untraceable free calls into the US. When they want to change numbers, they just buy a new magicJack. In the present case, using phonevalidator.com, you can get the following information:
Phone Number: 202-506-8080
Date of this Report: March 26, 2014
Phone Line Type: LANDLINE
Phone Company: YMAX CORP -- POSSIBLE MAGICJACK VOIP
The IRS may be many things, but they aren't clairvoyant. Give them a call to alert them to your particular scammer. Call the number in the Forbes article today!
Where have YOU been hiding? The IRS knows about it and already IS taking action on it:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/201 ... -calls-hang-up/
The problem is that many of the scammers use magicJacks that are easy to obtain overseas and provide six months of free phone service. They can be plugged in anywhere in the world there is Internet service and be used to make practically untraceable free calls into the US. When they want to change numbers, they just buy a new magicJack. In the present case, using phonevalidator.com, you can get the following information:
Phone Number: 202-506-8080
Date of this Report: March 26, 2014
Phone Line Type: LANDLINE
Phone Company: YMAX CORP -- POSSIBLE MAGICJACK VOIP
The IRS may be many things, but they aren't clairvoyant. Give them a call to alert them to your particular scammer. Call the number in the Forbes article today!
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://m.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-centr ... 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: