Read and understand Tamianth's Notes! No US tax agency or law enforcement agency cold calls you and threatens you and demands money. In the US we have constitutional protections against that sort of thing.
Total scam. Originates in either India or Pakistan. Block and ignore. DO NOT RETURN THE CALL!
See: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
Report them:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. Court action, if any is handled by the DOJ and all parties are entitled to legal assistance if it is a criminal matter. But--tax disputes are for the most part civil matters. 90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively. IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes. IRS does not threaten to involve local law enforcement or to arrest you for nonpayment of federal taxes. IRS has no powers of arrest. If LE is necessary, US Marshals do the job. IRS does not cold call anyone and demand immediate payment of money. IRS does not ask for financial information over the phone. IRS does not accept Green card money paks for payment in any case. No one is prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. IRS has absolutely no authority over anyone's professional license. Professional licensing is handled by state governments. Yes, levies on property to satisfy an existing tax obligation do occur, but only after a very long period of negotiation. And yes, liens are placed on individuals but usually after a lot of negotiation and a failure to reach a settlement. All determinations of tax liability are subject to appeals. All contacts by the IRS are initiated by US mail.
Received a call from an Indian woman who stated she is from the IRS investigation unit. Said there is a case against me and the cops are coming in 5 minutes if I do not call back.She started asking me personal questions and I told her I won't speak to her over the phone and hung up. She called back and left the threatening message that the cops were on the way. Seems like a scam!!!!
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.
Some one just called saying they are from the IRS and a compliant was filed and if I didn't pay them 6k a warrant will be out for my arrest and I the police will come to my house in 45 mins and than she passed the phone to a man saying he was a officer off the court and was trying scare me into paying them and ask personally stuff also wanted me to go to get money out the bank with him on the phone and if any body knew I about this I would go to jail longer I knew it was a scam just played along to see how far these people took they have this whole script out. People the IRS never calls no one beware off this scam it been all over the news and contact the FBI or police and and even the FTC always let your family and friends no do not trust nobody over a phone they use a spoof number. I reported this and it was scam like I knew it was just do not want see others get scammed.
Received a call from this number. A woman with an accent claiming she is from the IRS, that the police are on the way, and they will find us anywhere. Told her I am aware that's a scam, and to stop the calls. She hang up, I called back, left a message that I am reporting the calls. Now when I dial the number I get the busy signal. Next step: reporting the number to FTC.