Scam call from alleged "Internal Revenue Service." Foreign accent hardly understandable, threatening action for some....issue that can't be understood. Checked number online and comes up an IRS SCAM. Officer Jessica.........something or other which is an incorrect reference title
Yep yep...just had a call from this number from "Officer Jessica" something or other too claiming to be from the "Internal Revenue Service" also. Actually called twice & left 2 messages. She barely speaks English. Scam, scam, scam
Received the same call on our answering machine . I returned the call at 5:15 on a Friday knowing if it is the IRS they wouldn't answer. Sure enough a man answered and could not speak English well . I told him that I was Federal agent Johnson from the FBI at that point he panicked and hung up and blocked my number.lmao
Just received the same call from "Officer Jessica Roland" of an "extremely time sensitive issue" from IRS. Call came from Washington, DC, on caller ID. Very thick accent. I was immediately suspicious, although concerned. Googled the number and it led me to this site. I am SO OVER all these scammers taking advantage of innocent people! GET A FREAKING JOB!!
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: