A man asks for me by my first and last name and asks me if I have legal representation available and I ask whats this about. He says he is from the Legal department of the IRS and I haven't paid my taxes and that he mailed me three times notification in the mail. He asked if I lived at an address that I had moved from six years ago. I told him I don't live there anymore. Then he tells me that his data base is messed up and it needs to be corrected. My first impression was this is some fraud in some boiler room operation and I wasn't sure. So I gave him my PO box to mail any correspondence and I will respond. I'm not sure if it was a scam or not. I'll be checking my PO box. My friend said the IRS would never call up like that.
A man asks for me by my first and last name and asks me if I have legal representation available and I ask whats this about. He says he is from the Legal department of the IRS and I haven't paid my taxes and that he mailed me three times notification in the mail. He asked if I lived at an address that I had moved from six years ago. I told him I don't live there anymore. Then he tells me that his data base is messed up and it needs to be corrected. My first impression was this is some fraud in some boiler room operation and I wasn't sure. So I gave him my PO box to mail any correspondence and I will respond. I'm not sure if it was a scam or not. I'll be checking my PO box. My friend said the IRS would never call up like that.
Scam call with a story that there is a legal action pending before a "magistrate." (What's the second clue - after the heavy accent - that this is from a foreigner and completely illegitimate?) Leaves messages with this call-back number. I called and it sounds like a call center, mostly likely offshore.
Yeah. This guy called and said he was from the Treasury dept. He had the whole plan worked out. He got $3k from a family member today before they realized it was a scam. [***] this guy. If I find him, he's in for a world of pain.
After receiving info that this person called my family home asking to speak to me I returned the call where a man with a heavy Indian accent accused me of owing the IRS money from taxes 4 years ago... He informed me that there was a warrant out for my arrest and that he had sent many letters to inform me. I totally freaked out and after asking him over and over again to please transfer me to someone who I could understand, because his accent was so thick I hung up. Next thing I knew I got 2 more calls from an unknown 911 number where a woman this time told me I had to call him back in within 45 mins... (She was also Indian)... My dad insisted that I not call back and that it was a nasty prank. Now I'm pissed! Lookout!
Official IRS Government site detailing this scam and providing links to report it:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam