Got a call from this number didn't answer it but called it rite back and got an recording saying that the survey has expired that called you idk whats going on but i think its a scam
They have been calling me also for the past two weeks. Now that I definitely know this is fake I'm cursing them out the next time they call. Before this they were telling me someone hacked my gmail and that I should give them my password and account info. I'd have to be dumb as heck to hand over info with no proof. I cursed them out told them I know ur lying and he never called back. Same voice and accent as the tax fraud caller but only that number was unknown.
Same experience as Jen. Richard Parker left me a VM and told me to call back or I'd be arrested. I called and Hugh Foster explained how my case was going to court for tax evasion! He wanted me to choose between paying him over $8k right away or dispute the allegation and be arrested immediately. The call cut off so I called back but it rang forever. I called again and someone else picked up and said Hugh Foster had to leave with an urgent case. Then I asked for someone else that could help me and that person said something unintelligible and hung up on me. I called again and no answer.
These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.
Call from 210-801-9607, claimed to be "RICHARD PARKER" (very strong foreign accent), from the "INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE -OF THE US." left voice mail....urging me to return his call immediately and "have a blessed day" SCAM