I received this call on a Saturday at 11:00am. When I asked who I was speaking to he said his name was Kevin Peter. I said " you don't sound like a Kevin Peter, more like a Khumal Patel." He said I need to call 202-600-4521 and speak with Ronny Cooper, when I did I reached a Philip Arthur. He in turn said Ronny Cooper was busy and asked for my number so he could call me back. I told him you called me and you have my number. He hung up. Using this site I confirmed it was a scam like I thought and I also knew the IRS doesn't give you a pre-notification call as Kevin called it. Good luck all and don't give them anything.
I got a same type of call yesterday. They were also Indian man clamming that they were calling from IRS. They were really rude & threatening. I did call police and filed a report.
202 " AREA CODE FRAUD SCAMS".........have been going on forever !!!
( already addressed here and in the forums a million times already.......everyone should know by now !!! ).
202 area code fraud scams !!!!!
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- new twist is they are also impersonating DEA officials / IRS etc.... with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign call centers / countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / calling on behalf of a humane society..... $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide your bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams
202-621-0436 ( offshore foreign call center ? ) poor english and violent on the phone! claim to be giving away $1,000's in free cash....just give them all your personal info etc........
add 202-600-4559, 202-600-4551 and 202-600-4440..the name they say is James Morgan, Shawn White, David Morgan, Jason sth, Carl Cooper etc..these folks sound like indian..might be operating from call centers located in INDIA..claim to be from IRS and threaten the receiver saying they have a criminal case against them such as tax neglect, money laundering etc and ask to pay through Green.Money pak..
I received a call from Philip Arthur, telling me that he is from the IRS on Saturday, August 24, 2013, telling me that I owe $2,500.00 from 2008 - 2012 taxes, they put me on hold three times and I heard him speak Hindu to the person next to him.. In the message he said Good luck and he told me there is a warrant for my arrest if I do not pay the $2,500.00. The call came from 202 600-2012.. this is disturbing as a citizen of the USA for someone sitting in different countries to scam innocent tax paying people. Hope they get caught..