These jerks (guy named Alex Smith with foreign accent) called on my home phone today and scared the heck out of my wife. When I spoke to the "Investigation Department" people they told me either I can go to court tomorrow and present my case, which I had no clue about, with or without an Attorney. That may lead to me getting arrested.... other option was to talk to local IRS department and take care of the charges by paying the $2400 that I supposedly owed to IRS.... Of course they told me not to hang up the phone because if I did then they will inform Homeland Security Department and they will come to my house and possibly arrest me. They transferred me to talk to the local IRS agent (Mr Patrick, again with foreign accent). He kept telling me not to hang up also and that I will have to pay at least $1283 right away to get the warrant dismissed. He also asked if I wanted to pay by credit card if I didn’t have enough cash. I told him I could get some cash but he will have to wait until I manage that. This guy was so pushy that he kept telling me if I hang up he will have to inform Homeland Security Department. While I had him on hold by telling him that I’m driving to my bank to get money, I called my uncle who by profession is Paralegal. My uncle said that he had heard about this and it is a scam. He told me to just ask the “IRS agent” to provide his full name, badge ID, supervisor’s name and phone number and that my attorney will talk to them about this matter. Once I told Mr. Patrick that, he got upset that if I had to involve my attorney I should have done that earlier and now it is too late and I have already wasted too much of their time and now they will inform the Homeland Security Department! What a LOSERS!!!!
This person named Alex Smith, crazy man called me and he said he is from the IRS and he said that he had a arrest warrant to arrest me. He said I had a lot of errors in my tax. He also asked my credit card number and he said pay me $900 and we can settle this case for the being of the time. Smith said he will send the city police within 30 mins and now it is about to be 1 hour. When I told him that I am going to the city police they hanged up the phone. They are very spurious and fruadlent. This is all a scam. Just call the local real city police and confirm everything.
i received 2 calls today at time when only they can talk with ladies ... 202-681 6828 .... and thx to google i search on it and find u guys...he was pretending to be i.r.s officer ... and told my hubby's name .... and a arrest warrant num....
This guy "Alex Smith" called and left a message on my answering machine claiming he is an IRS investigation officer with the IRS, stating that I was under investigation with the IRS and and that there was a warrant on my physical address, requesting that I call him back. I immediately knew that this was a scam because the IRS would directly notify in writing the persons involved.
Thank you for everyone posting and sharing their experiences with these people and helping others realize that they are dealing with scammers.
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