got a call that the iRS was filing a law suit against me. to call the number. person who answer was not in this county with the accent. told me I would get a notice. would not provide information. sounded like scam.
Received fraudulent automated recording 3/26/2015 on my answering machine from 817-275-9369 stating that IRS was filing suit and to call another fraudulent number (253-693-2009).
Called from 210-824-0376, left message that the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me. Said to call 253-693-2009. I called and a woman with some type of foreign accent answered and I told her I'd just gotten a message to call that number cuz I had a message saying the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me, adding that I thought it was BULL. She just said "okay, then don't call again." IDIOTS! I called the local police to see if they were aware of the scam and they said they were, but didn't even ASK for the phone number I called or the one they called me FROM. The number they called FROM was not a working number.
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 $50.00 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.