They just called my friend today July 29, pretended that they were the IRS. Said that if she didn't give them money they would arrest her and asked for almost $3000 in cash, asked to meet her in front if a store to give them the money. They told her that she couldn't pay via check or credit card.
How do these people sleep at night? It's upsetting to think that they could even do this to extremely vulnerable people who may be extremely gullible (like little old grannies or grandpas!) They should look themselves in the mirror and be disgusted by themselves for being so evidently malicious. They should be arrested. It's just not right.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $60.00 or so.
Just wanted to let everyone know these people are STILL doing this. I was freaked out initially, called back, took 4 times to get through, advised that I didn't know what I owed, and they stated the police will be showing up to my house. WOW, ridiculous.
These scammers are getting more savvy. I've been getting calls from the "IRS" from someone with a thick accent from India or some such country so while I toy with them on the phone, I looked up their number online and it's pointing to some residential neighborhood in WA, DC and not to anything IRS related. I believe they are using some sort of international network of establishing a home-base number in DC so it looks legit while dialing in from India or Pakistan so that caller ID only picks up the DC-based number. Thing is, I just got called again and instead of a real person, they're using a robocall voice with a robotic American female voice so it almost sounds legit to people who might be more gullible. Don't be so fooled. I just love the block number feature on my iPhone!
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.