Been getting about 8 calls a day from these guys. they must have up their scam because he said he was from lendingclub. I asked where he was based and he said Alabama. Instead of them asking and irritating me I turned the table and pressed him. Heavy accent and when I asked to speak to his manager he suddenly changed his tune and hung up. The sad fact is lending club is a legit company based on the west coast. Don't fall for these dudes and its a real shame that they bug the crap out of you all day and night.
Got a call from man with heavy accent and background noise - call center? Claiming he was with the criminal division of the IRS and had a warrant out for my arrest and was going to freeze my bank accounts. This person was calling my parents address and had the zip code wrong. I haven't lived there for 20 years. Below is a link to IRS scams I think is useful
I have been getting calls from this number also. The caller has accent, claiming to be from the IRS and that there is a criminal case and warrant for my arrest.
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:
Been getting about 8 calls a day from these guys. they must have up their scam because he said he was from lendingclub. I asked where he was based and he said Alabama. Instead of them asking and irritating me I turned the table and pressed him. Heavy accent and when I asked to speak to his manager he suddenly changed his tune and hung up. The sad fact is lending club is a legit company based on the west coast. Don't fall for these dudes and its a real shame that they bug the crap out of you all day and night.