The caller threatened me with legal action if I ignored the call. It was a recorded message. I called the number back, they answered. I have never called a Government Agency and got a live person to answer the call directly. I can't call AT&T and get a live person. I asked why I never received a Certified Letter of an impending action. I have have tax audits and I was always notified by Certified Mail. If the IRS has an issue, they would freeze your account. Period.
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 getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
Transcipt of voicemail. Person was female with Indian acvent.
Hi I'm calling you from legal affairs at Tax Crime Investigation Unit. Also Internal Revenue Service. We were trying to reach you in regards to a very important issue. it's-about months and months. We have received an affidavit concerning the tax evasion on your name. The hotline division to reach us out is 202-559-7890. I repeat it's 202-559-7890. Don't disregard this message and do return the call. If for any reason you're busy to call us back. We would suggest you do have your retained attorney to do it for you as delay in calling us back. My son up into a legal message for you. So we would be forced to contact the local chefs office and register this case against your name. So hope that you just to find this matter as quick as possible. Thank you.
Ignore them. These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.
many calls from 202-559-7890, finally lvm to day stating to call back, an official IRS matter and not to ignore the call, threatening legal action. I have not gotten any notification from the IRS that she was referring to, if it was legitimate, my tax advisor and myself would have been notified.
Total scam, she identified herself as Lisa Jackson, badge id 77592. I asked for a supervisor and of course there was none available.