This is a second time I've received one of the scammer calls this week. Today his number left a message stating there was legal action pending against me (not true). Two days ago I received a similar call from a different number (909)440-9693. Same type of thing mentioned by others listed above.
Fraud Alert! This company/boiler room caller is impersonating an employee of the US Treasury and the IRS. Do not fall for this scam! Please send complaint to the tigta dept. of Treasury and report these criminals, then block their number for good.
Confirmed fraud attempt (treasury department script). 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:
Thank you Rex for the addtnl info. They threatened to pull my drivers' license, put a lien on my home, and have the sheriffs out to my house to arrest me within 45 minutes if I did not pay the $3500 they said I owed the IRS. While I didn't fall for this scam (I know a boiler room when I hear one) there are a lot of elderly persons who would be scared to death NOT to pay these cretins. I'll do some extra follow up on this one!
Received a call this morning informing me that I haven't paid taxes for 2011, that a warrant for my arrest has been issued and that the officer will come to arrest me in the next couple of hours. Didn't ask for any personal information.
This is a second time I've received one of the scammer calls this week. Today his number left a message stating there was legal action pending against me (not true). Two days ago I received a similar call from a different number (909)440-9693. Same type of thing mentioned by others listed above.