IRS Phone scam!!! Woman with a thick Indian accent, claiming to be named Lindsay Brown. States that I need to call right away, regarding legal action for fraud LOL. My taxes are paid in full!!! Nice try!!! Reported on both instances to Do-not-Call Registry, as well as the FTC. I am hoping no one falls for their tricks!
My father received a voice mail on his business line stating these bozo's were calling from the IRS and required an immediate call back from me. This person had a very heavy Indian accent. I have no idea how they matched me up to my dad's business number. Based on the voice mail, I knew immediately this was a scam. When I called back, the person asked me for my telephone number and I provided a fake cell phone number. He said this number is not in their records. I said maybe because you called my dad's business number. I did not provide my dads number but asked who am I speaking with. After some hesitation, he said the IRS. I asked can I contact my local IRS office and inquire further. His answer was 'do as you want'. I said this does not sound like a professional answer. He got irritated and in a raised voice said the same 'do as you want'. I said I know this is a scam and previously I had one of your other numbers shut down after contacting the FCC and some other institutions. He said 'OK, do as you want'. I just now called the number at 10:00 PM PDT and it immediately goes into voice mail which has no greeting message recorded.
My uncle received a call from similar bozo's a couple of months back asking him to go to the nearest 7-eleven and wire an amount of $11,000 or risk being deported. Since my uncle does not speak much English he was shaken up. I asked him to give me the number and I would call on his behalf. In brief, lets just say the next 3 or 4 conversations I had with the bozo on the other end was him being angry, using foul language, raising his tone out of frustration and showed no professionalism. Based on how he was treating me over the phone, I could sense this was a scam. This person also had an Indian accent. I told him at the end, if he makes one more threatening phone call to my uncle, I will make sure he ends up in prison and he immediately hung up the phone after cursing me out. I called the FCC and a couple of other institutions and had the number shut down. When I called the same number about 24 hours later a recording came on and said something like 'this number has been connected to fraudulent scams from people overseas'.
Received a call this morning from 202-803-4817. The person had an asian accent. He said his name was Shaun Carter. I had to have him spell it several times because his accent was so thick. He said he was from the IRS and did I have a criminal attorney ? I had a scam call like that before and researched it online. I told him to send me a letter (make it certified , costs money) and don't call back.