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
See also: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/scammers-continuing-pose-irs-agents
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. IRS has enough administrative authority under the IRS Code and related regulations to collect all taxes lawfully due the federal government. 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 as related to ordinary tax disputes. Having a deficiency in taxes owed by way of audit is NOT a crime. 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.
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You might want to block area codes
206 253 360 425 509 564 also are code 202. The stupid scammers don't understand the difference between Washington State and Washington DC. They think that the people they call will think that the Washington State area code calls come from Washington DC.
Yet another scam call claiming to be from the IRS. I will be reporting this one to the Treasury Department. I was happy to see in the news recently that a group running the IRS scam were busted earlier this month.
They call claiming to be the IRS and that they're filing a lawsuit against you. They then ask you to call them back. I've been told the IRS never communicates via mail. Don't call them back and if you do, don't give them any of your personal information!
The IRS actually uses one more method of "first contact". Two agents will show up at an office. They will show ID badges. They will say that you have done something wrong. But it's not as bad as it seems.
One of the agents will be a trainee. And the trainee will inform you that what you have done wrong is that, although you actually paid appropriate taxes to one IRS location, you haven't mailed a statement to a different IRS location, saying that you paid your taxes to the first IRS location. They want you to file the form at the proper location, and mail a copy to the agent-trainee.
As Radar O'Reilly once said: "You have to initial this form. Now you have to sign this second form, stating that you initialed the first form, rather than signing it."
In short, the trainee is being trained in looking serious, and saying something serious, even though it is a trivial matter. And you get to participate involuntarily in the training.
As we know, they don't run in and drag people to jail. They have a good set of administrative remedies.