Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
Huge scam - Got a call from someone who used my actual name. They used vague language to imply that I was in legal trouble and to call this number. Called the number to find out who and the person that answered said: "U.S. Treasury"
I didn't speak to them, hung up. I searched and found this: http://wtop.com/news/2014/09/phone-scammers-p ... ury-department/
Received a message today from this number...very heavy Indian accent, said to call back the second we got the message or if we couldn't call, have our lawyer call because there is legal action being taken against us and we can stop it but only if we call immediately. Yeah... buh-bye!
Received a call from this number and when I answered there was no one there. Called the number back and they were looking for our son. Said it was important that he call this number but would not give me any information. Told him if it was anything to do with taxes we knew there was no problem because we do his taxes. Thye hung up. Very heavy accent.
Got a call from this number today intended for my now adult daughter. They left a voice mail in a very heavy Indian accent claiming the call was from "legal affairs" involved a law enforcement issue. If my daughter didn't return the call right away it could "end up in a legal mess". Yeah, right.
They called me yesterday afternoon and Shawn (with a heavy Indian accent) from "the legal dept" left a message on my home phone. When I called back later on in the evening all I got was a voicemail to leave a message. I told them to put me on their do not call list. I told them I don't take kindly to scammers and if they call me back I will put my boot up their a**. After I hung up I blocked their number. I'm sure I'll be hearing from them again sometime down the road, but with another spoofed number.