I got a call from a supposed Officer Hoffman that I was under investigation by the IRS and that there was a warrant out for my arrest. The caller said it was very important that I return their call immediately that day. The interesting thing is that they didn't even salute me by my name. That's a dead giveaway to me that it's something shady. I tried calling back (blocked my ID on my cell) and the line was busy. I could not get through. I think a real officer would have call waiting or the official number to his office where I could leave a vm. I call [***].
This is ridiculous, making people nervous about nothing. My call said something about my property being under investigation. Sounds like a scam, based upon the above. Thanks to others for posting here.
Scam! Is caller pretending to be IRS Officer Hoffman and the TV Simpsons Character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian immigrant proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart in Springfield be the same? and the Officer Hoffman forget when ending call message to say "Thank you, come again." Instead of saying call me at my fictiously made up number? Umm that's fishy
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.