Also had the number calling me and telling me I need to get a lawyer since the Its who called from legal Services had tried to contact me via the mail about my taxes being do be incorrectly and that an officer was going to show up at my house in 20 minutes to arrest me in front of my family friends and children and to be made to look like a fool for trying to rip off the IRS it scared me but I know I keep all of those papers and many others in case. How cab some sick vast art threaten to arrest me in front of my kids that man needs to rot in hell.
I did not answer the call and let it go to voice mail. A woman with a foreign (Indian?) accent said I should drop everything and call that number. She went on to "wish me a happy life" and if she does not hear from me, or my lawyer, "law enforcement from my state" will be at my doorstep. Strange she did not know what state I live in?
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.
2) Help kill their phone lines. The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)
3) 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 provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email: