BEWARE.....Received a messaage from this number. IRS blah blah. Must call back today. Givin a case number. I called to satisfy my curiosity , never gave case number but they new who I was. ? Noticed everyone has 2 first names..? Brian John, Wilson James and so on. I was going to be arrested by the "Cops" . Brian John stated I had 3 or 4 counts against me. All my assets would be frozen. Brian John alledged I owed money and wanted a commitment from me to resolve a tax and penalty. Brian John informed me I was not allowed to speak to anyone concerning this matter and I must stay on the phone with him while he directed me to go to an ATM and withdraw money . Then go get a Debit card blah blah blah. Indian accent I believe. I politely end the conversation. Waiting on the "Cops" to come get me. Guess I'll miss the game tonite. LOL .What a scam....
I received a call from this number today 3pm on a Friday.... he knew my name, also had a thick Indian accent, I could barely understand him. He said that he was calling to inform me that the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me because was being audited for tax years of 2008-2012. Yeah, right! I tell him, that makes no sense. Who are you and where are you calling from? He says, he's calling from the IRS - from New York. I'm in California, somehow I DOUBT the IRS is calling people outside of their working hours of 8am to 5pm ET, but they would have sent me a letter. He said they did send a letter and I hadn't responded to it, that's why he was calling to find out my intentions for responding. I said, yeah, ok, well I will have to call the IRS myself, thanks.... and I hung up.
I'm so very happy that some other people have posted these comments on this site so that I can confirm this guy was trying to SCAM me. I did actually call their number back and while he at first hesitated when answering, he identified himself again as an IRS person. I wonder if he can be arrested for impersonating an IRS agent. Hmmmm.
I'm on hold with the IRS. After reading these messages above, I'm sure it was a SCAM. I'm also going to report him/them on the IRS SCAM website. Hope you all do the same.
Good thing you reported to IRS Scam. Did he say that he has your other personal info? I am concern because we are getting call from this person as well.....
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.
2) Help kill their phone lines but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)
3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email: