These lunatics just called me, wanting me to give them $500 to remove a tax fraud issue? When I refused to give any information they became threatening. First she works for CID, then the IRS and then the treasury department. They are issuing a warrant for my arrest and sending the police to arrest me. She called back 4 times after I hung up on her and became more threatening with each call. How do these people sleep at night? She asked me if she did not already have my information then how did she keep calling me? Easy, moron, you bought a list of names and numbers and just keep hitting redial. Do they really think people are that stupid or easily intimidated? Scam, scam, scam!
I received a call today, July 24th, from a lady that had a foreign accent that was hard to understand. She said she was from the CID, Crime Investigation Division headquarters, and that I had an arrest warrant for illegal charges to my SS#. Said it was a federal investigation and gave me an ID# and an arrest case #. she went on to say I had ignored documents sent to my house, twice, and had a IRS violation, and I could resolve it now by following her directions. she asked if I had ever received or sent monies to foreign county, filled bankruptcy, had a traffic ticket, or judgment against me. She said the police and lawyer would be coming to serve me again( previously told me they had tried twice already) today and I needed 1) my DL, 2) previous tax statements, 3) a Federal Vanilla Reload Network Voucher for $3.95. Then as she was explaining when I get the voucher, I would put on $470 to pay for the violation. Then I would call her back with the voucher info and she would issue a cancelling ID# that I would give to the people coming to my house. I keep asking to speak with a supervisor, she would talk over me, and say, she was the supervisor. I finally told her, that I needed some kinda of proof before I start running around getting all this stuff, asked if she could sent to email. She said no. I told her to send the officers, I would talk to them. She got mad. I finally hung up and called my local sherrifs department, who told me to look up on line, that it was a scam. Thank goodness. I was really worried. They should not be able to do this.
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for this.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone. The scammers use voice over IP lines (e.g. magicjack (Ymax corporation). This is always against these companys' terms of use and can lead to termination of their contract. However only law enforcement can initiate the contact if you yourself are not a customer. Therefore, report it also to your local law enforcement agency. Ultimately this is a case for the FBI legal attache in Islamabad or New Delhi. 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 the NSA can finally be a force for good).
You can use the following template for your letter or email:
Senators
Use the district office address of your senator as displayed on http://www.senate.gov/
Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Mailing Address of District Office
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Representatives (House)
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Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States House of Representatives
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Dear Senator/Representative XXX
As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to demand decisive action from the FBI, the IRS and other federal agencies against organized crime directed against American citizens from abroad.
As widely reported by local and national media all across the United States and warned about by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (see http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm) a tidal wave of fraud using Internet phones has hit the United States. Millions of dollars already have been stolen by criminals impersonating federal officers from the IRS while hiding in countries like India and Pakistan, where most of the calls originate. There seems to be no end of it in sight.
I have personally been targeted by these scammers but it is the most vulnerable among us that I am concerned about primarily. The scheme is specifically singling out those that can least defend themselves against these crimes, in particular the elderly. I am also worried that given the origin of these gangsters, the money stolen from US citizens may be used for financing of terrorism or other activities directed against the national interests of the United States. But in spite of this clear and present danger to our country and its citizens I have seen no action worth mentioning by the FBI, the IRS or other federal agencies so far.
As a member of Congress overseeing the law enforcement agencies tasked with fighting fraud and ensuring national security, I implore you to make sure that they act on these threats and are given all the necessary resources to target these criminals in cooperation with foreign law enforcement.