ABSOLUTELY a SCAM!!!!! I just got the same thing. Automated msg that obviously began before my machine began recording. Just gave the phone number, then said, "this is a time sensitive issue. Before the IRS takes legal action, call now." Number is listed as belonging to, "Level 3 Communications, LLC" Go to this website and you will see numerous complaints of all sorts of scamming, including one where the caller from a Level 3 phone number claims to be from the IRS. http://complaintwire.org/complaint/S54BAAAAAAA/level-3-communications-llc
I received a call from a man impersonating an IRS officer Criminal Division stating that a warning for my arrest was issued
And I had limited time to avoid immediate incarceration (5Years) and the only way to avoid that was to pay3854.36 dollars immediately to stop the arrest.
I want along saying I was willing to pay if a mistake was made by me and asked what kind of mistake I was charged of He replayed that this was not of his competence and he was only trying to avoid the arrest. When I asked him “is this a scam” he got irritated and told me I was not collaborating than He was issue the arrest warning.
After 5 minute I received another call from a man impersonating the Rensselaer Sheriff, telling me I was wanted for tax fraud and or I went to the police station or He was going to arrest me wherever I was found to be. I replayed that for 4K dollars was not right to arrest a person than he call the other guy (ERIC WATSON IRS ID 0242781) obviously fake, and they decided to give me another chance
Than instructed me to go to the bank and get the money “Cash” and don’t reveal to anybody any detail of the situation otherwise they could not avoid my arrest.
I went to the bank and I got the money but I left the cellular phone in my car and explained the situation to the bank which agree with me that this was a scam. At this point I went to the Niskayuna NY police to try to get an officer to go with me to try to catch these people. But too much time went by at the police station and this “ERIC” started to get suspicious and instructed me to deposit the money to the bank on an account he was going to give me at the right time.
At this point I lost the chance to get them arrested at the previous plan to deliver the money in the HANNAFORD parking lot.
The only ways these people could get my information is from filing the taxes on line or from inside the IRS.
we missed a good chance to get them!