Received another call from Dean Walker with the Department of Legal Affairs threating a class action suit against me. contact their office at 323-250-0720. People if the government is suing or bring a class action against you, they will contact you by mail. Do not fall for it.
Ditto. Female named Tina, U.S. dept. Of Treasury, heavy Indian accent. A case has been filed against me. Call immediately and talk to the officer. I said I don't know anything about a case. Oh, you haven't received anything in the mail? No. Well you have to call and talk to this officer right now. I asked what it was regarding. You have to talk to the officer. What's the officer's name, but she had already hung up.
A little startling to get a call like this, but also very suspicious. They must be working quotas to get is many people reporting them in the last few days.
These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.
My call was very similar to other calls. He had an Indian accent & was hard to understand. His fake name sounded like Dean Walker. Said he was from the Dept. of Legal Affairs and left a message on my machine with my first and last name. It was about a legal action and I should call back. If I couldn't call back he strongly recommended that I retain an attorney to call for me as it will turn into a "legal mess". I have good credit and no outstanding bills so I know it's fraudulent.
i received the exact same call. The guy left a voicemail and it was very hard to understand him. I called the number back to say that I am not responding until someone calls and explains to me exactly what this was about. Needless to say, no one has called back.