i just received this call some asian women said that i am one of 35000 people in the u.s.a that has been selected to receive 9000 dollar govt grant , and that can be automatically deposited in my bank or western union in cash to call this # 253-336-6158 and ask for kathy and they called with a 518 # 223-0021 and asked me for correct spelling of my name and gave me a confirmation #
Got a message from this number claiming to be from the IRS - that they had been trying to contact us and this was their final notice that the IRS was filing a lawsuit against us. The number the message said to call: 253-336-6158, did not match the caller ID info: Name Unvailable 865-093-8244 (Tried a search an no info. comes up for that number.)
There is a widespread IRS or "tax scam" being practiced by scammers on both Canadian and USA residents.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.
Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
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