I just got the call this morning. First he asked for my wife.
The caller had a heavy India Indian accent wants my wife to call Damon Marshall at the IRS Investigation bureau.
I asked him where his location was and he told me he was is NYC and that the IRS agent was waiting for me to call at their HQ in NYC.
Then he told me to call Damon Marshall. Since I had a hard time understanding him, I had to repeatedly ask him to repeat what he said.
When I told him he was a scammer, be got belligerent and told me I would be in trouble with the IRS and they'll be knocking on my door and I was wasting his time.
got a VM from a "paul brandt"? from irs saying something about legal action to call this #. good thing i found others getting the same scam. i say, bring on the "legal action", paul....i welcome seeing you face 2 face with all my irs forms.
A guy named Joreen Woods called me this morning at 7:30 AM, claiming that he needed my account information. I asked what account he needed. He said the income tax account. I ignored him. I don't think IRS people will refer the income tax as your account. His accent was too difficult to understand. I do not believe the IRS would hire such kinds of people to communicate the legal business for it.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:
•is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
•refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
•asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
•exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
•Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.•Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
•Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
•Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
•Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.
The fake IRS caller from above number is on loose again, he had an Indian accent and trying to scare innocent people over the phone wanted a return call so he or the group of people like him could trap and snatch hard earned money from victims.