Got same call twice today. Called back. A foreign person answered as Tax Department of IRS. When we said we received a call from this number, they hung up on us. We knew it was a scam, just wanted to see what they had to say.
They've called me several times leaving messages. The first time I did call back. They got extremely aggressive with me telling me the United State Marshalls will be picking me up within the next 30 minutes. They knew my address and etc. but they couldn't give me my SS number. They stated that I owed $5500. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he told me he was busy. I told him I'd hold. I held for several minutes to talk to the supervisor and it sounded like the same guy using a different name and different badge number. When I questioned him on it he became irate and told me that the Marshalls would be at my door in 30 minutes to arrest me. I said ok and they got mad and hung up. I tried to file a police report with the local authorities and they said that they can't do anything since it didn't fall in their jurisdiction. The police department said that they get a lot of these reports. The IRS never calls you. These people are VERY AGGRESSEIVE and intimidating. I can see how someone would send them money. They never asked where I was so that the Marshalls could pick me up!
Got three calls early this morning and the automated voice states it is from the IRS which of course it is not. Didn't call it back but thought I would report the scam on here.
I got this call, and called back. It rang for a while, and when the guy picked up, I said only revealed "I am returning your call?" He asked me if I was some other guy's name from a nearby city in my state. I said yes, and he proceeded to give me the story like the ones above.
I got a guy with a thick accent telling me scary things like the Sherrif has a warrant for my arrest, and that I owed $4351 for 2008-20012 taxes. He gave me a case file of VS8511TX and his ID# HP260791. I specifically asked "are you claiming to be an agent of the federal government?" and he emphatically said yes. Isn't that a felony? I wonder which law enforcement agency could use this information to find these fools.