Received a recorded message that the IRS had a lawsuit against me. When I called back, a man with a very strong accent answered. He could not understand me and asked me again and again to speak slowly. (When he asked, he was very rude.) He had my home phone number and previous address. Told me that I could pay the $2586 or meet them in court the next morning. When I asked to speak to his supervisor, he told me he was the supervisor! When I asked for his name, he refused to give it. I told him I hope the phone call was being recorded because he was acting so very unprofessional. I hung up and, still not realizing it was a scam, I called back 5 minutes later. Same guy answered but much more polite. Thinking it was a different clerk, I told him I had received a call but had not gotten much information from the person I had spoken to. I told him I wanted to report that person. Suddenly, the guy seemed polite, "I am so sorry he was rude. Am I being rude now? Do you know the name of the person?" As soon as he heard that I didn't have the name, he hung up. Can someone please put this specific phone number on the official IRS website to warn people like me who don't know how to search the web? (I called a younger friend who helped me out.)
The slime is at it again I see. Called left no msg.
CID: Long Beach WA
Caller Type: Slime or the worst kind.
Into the blocked list "it" goes.
Thanks for the heads up guys.
I find it hard to believe on one hand that the feds can't put an end to this spoofing, but then it's the Gov. and look at their track record on fixing things... Bwahahahaha! Welcome to the new third world country folks!
Same number called repeatedly this morning. If I don't get an immediate reply after I say hello, I hang up. A minute later, same number calls again. I need to sleep so I took phone off give hook.
The irs would mostly mail repeated threats--calling after many tries. I wish my call block feature worked.