she said she was Rebekah Watson, from the IRS, there was adeficiency found with my tax filing, and that I need to call before legal action is taken against me, and I must call this number...immediately
202-657-4130
Left a message that they were the IRS and this call was intended for 'you' (so don't know the name the phone is in) and that we must return the call or face legal action
ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- they are also impersonating DEA officials / IRS / FAKE LAW FIRMS 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 mostly 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 / give ....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............
some OTHER numbers scammers are using : a small list of hundreds of numbers they use ) !
The caller claimed to be from IRS and informing that I owe tax and need to call her back. The call was at about 7 pm on 7/16/2015. I did not answer the call. She left a message on my voicemail.