I just received a message from the above phone number. They never specified who was to receive the refund and simply left a phone number for someone to call them to verify their personal information. I called the number that was on my caller ID and it was not a number that would go through. The caller ID said "Washington DC." So I got on the internet and it verified what I believed was a spammer call. I'm so sick of these kinds of calls. Not everyone is an idiot.
I just got a call from this number. The guy that called was foreign so of course you cant understand him very well. He said he was calling from the IRS and he asked if my last 4 digits of my ssn was correct and then ask my address was correct and bank used was correct. I told him my address was not correct and I am thinking to myself if he was the IRS he would now that bc I didnt live there when I did taxes this time. Then when he asked if my was correct he gave a bank name that I have never ever used on my taxes so I then told him that I am not giving my acct info over the phone bc if he was the IRS they would haven already the correct bank that I have used every year for my taxes. He had mentioned they found a problem in my taxes for the last 10 years and I would be refunded $2173 (i think) and would be deposited in my account within 24 hours. I asked him what was the problem so I wouldnt do it again next year bc I do my own taxes and did not want to do it again. He told me that he didnt have that info so for then own I was trying to find out who he was and why they were calling me bc they would have all information if they were calling from the IRS. Then he hung up on my and would not answer the phone again when I called back.
I am a professional tax preparer. First of all, if the IRS owed you money, they wouldn't charge you a penalty fee. They would not ask you for any of your vital info over the phone. That is always the first indication of a scam, when someone asks you for money to receive money, and when they ask you to verify info over the phone. Please beware of these kinds of scams.