"This is James Haddis, and I am with the department of legal affairs... This is a verbal notification for you, in regards to the enforcement action that has been started on your name. My number is 347-515-6003. If for any reason you are too busy to call back, I would suggest you to tell your retained attorney to do it for you, as delaying calling us might end up into a legal mess for you." Called back, no answer. Then "James" called back, and I demanded to know from what city or state his department of legal affairs he was calling from. "New York," he said. Voice sounded like "Ted Cruise," kind of a mid-western drawl with Bronx slurring, if you can imagine. This is way too similar to calls reported on your site, so I thought it should be reported.
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 maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.
I just got a call from these scammers. "James White" from Dept. of Legal Affairs from US Treasury said in heavy accent that someone had come to my home twice before but I was not there, so calling me to tell me they will have to file a legal complaint about IRS etc. and they will file some complaint against me.
Answering machine message left for me, didn't include my last name. "This is James white from department of legal affairs calling in regard to a reported issue. This is a verbal notification regarding law enforcement taxes. Please call 213-437-6845. Have your retain lawyer call." Something to that effect. The guy had a thick accent-- possibly Indian? I'm not sure