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.
Just got a call from 253-336-4185. This is what happened: I answered because I thought it was an expected call and I didn't check the caller ID. The person on the other end hung up on me. I'm not having a great day so this was extra annoying to me so I actually called the number back. I couldn't understand the company name he mentioned when he answered due to his heavy accent. I asked why I had been called. He then looked up my info, knew my name and address. The next words out of his mouth were, "We are calling to get your lawyer's name and number." I said in a big sarcastic voice, "Lawyer, oh yeah, this should be a good one (meaning scam). Why do I need a lawyer?" I was sort of laughing at him. And then he mock laughed back at me, trying to humiliate me and said that he had decided that he wouldn't tell me why I need a lawyer. And, of course, more with the mock laughing. I said, "You sound like a really mature person and this sure sounds like a legit call," being sarcastic again, and then finished it off with, "Have a good day, scammer!" and then I hung up. So badly done. They need to take lessons from the "microsoft windows" scammers. They keep talking and trying to convince you until you hang up on them. At least they present a more professional scam. Probably an IRS scam.