Called to speak to my son who does not live with me. When the male caller was informed that he was not home...he said that he was in legal trouble with the US Treasury and if he did not call ...he would be in a big legal mess. The caller had a strong accent and left a contact person name Jeremy??
Call from Danny Rogers (thick accent) claiming to be from treasury Department INternal affairs... lots of threats to take action of some sort against me if I didn't call.
Received a message from a person with a very thick accent saying they were from the Department of US Treasury and they were about to take legal action against me. I could not understand what they were saying as to why but I needed to call them back immediately
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.
Well I've gotten these same scam calls before (never pick them up) and at least this time it sounds like an American leaving the message, rather than someone with broken English and poor grammar!! Like I wouldn't know that there was a warrant out for my arrest for evading paying taxes?! Really? Don't fall for this, don't even pick it up! Just Annoying.