My friend got a call from (210) 981-1071, the caller identified himself as an IRS Agent and threatened legal action and to have my friend arrested if she didn't make a payment of $5680.28, reference delinquent back taxes for the last four years. My friend called me due to me being in law enforcement. I called him back with the case number he had provided and my friends name, posing as my friends accountant. He again advised he was an IRS Agent named Alan, ID # W7348. I pressed him for a number to verify he was truly an IRS Agent. He would not provide one. I eventually gave him my real name and work number. He actually called me at the police department to verify I was a law enforcement officer. He called me back from (630)-493-5291 which showed on the caller id as a government number. Alan then admitted it was a scam an tried to get me to pay him money for information on other scam artists in the United States, advising he was from Bangladesh. I goggled the (630) 493-5291 and it came back to a library in Illinois to assist foreigners with IRS questions. I don't know how they are manipulating the phone numbers but FYI...the IRS will not CALL YOU on the telephone advising you owe them money. Anyone doing this is a scam artist. Also all the callers I talked to had a middle eastern accent.
I received two different phone calls and not from the same number on different days in the same month. Both calls were animated calls stating that there was a criminal lawsuit being filed against me. The second call mentioned the IRS was filing the lawsuit. If my retained lawyer or myself did not respond immediately, they would not be responsible for what would happen to me, oh, and good luck! I googled both numbers and the 210 # was located in Saginaw, MI. The second 989 # was located in another state. I filed a complaint with the TIGTA and the Federal Trade Commission.