received a message saying that there is a warrant out for my arrest. Person who left message had an Indian accent. Said he was Office James Williams. there was a lot of background noise. I called the number. A person on the other line answered " Internal Revenue Service". The line was noisy and not clear. the person I got on the phone had an Indian accent. He said that I was wanted for tax evasion. He wanted me to confirm my name and address. I gave my name. but then I said that I wasn't goign to confirm anything else because I don't know if this is a scam or not. He said he is an agent and he would give me his badge number. but then started talking about something else. I said that I couldn't possibly be wanted for tax evasion because I file taxes every year and I owe nothing. Furthermore, I said that if the IRS had me in this status I would have received notification in the mail. Or my CPA would have. He made up some stuff and then said that I received a certified letter in the mail. I said no I didnt'. He said let me confirm your address. I said no. But told him to tell me what address the letter was mailed to and I'll let him know if it is correct. He said,
Ma'am" you're wasting my time. I said IRS agents don't talk like that and how about I call the FBI? He hung up. I called the number a second time and got a different guy with an Indian accent and I told him that I think this is a scam. He hung up. I called a third time and the phone rang off the hook. I waited a while and made a 4th call. Phone didn't ring and then a message came up that the Verizon customer I called is not available.
I have received the same phone calls numerous times. It is a scam! I am an attorney and when I threatened to turn him in, he hung up. Also, the IRS would not call you on the phone. They would send written correspondence.
I received this same exact message outlined above today, and my heart about stopped. Not my idea of funny, especially since I just got off the phone with the IRS 30 minutes earlier. That to say it seems oddly coincidental that I got this call - not to get all conspiracy theory here but wondering if this scam is one that has access to the IRS system.
I too called the number back using *67 to hide my number and couldn't get through. I want to note that I had received a "No Caller ID" call earlier asking for a person by name stating they had some documents for that person but wouldn't disclose anything else.