Got a call from this number out of Port Townsend, WA. The following recorded message was left on my voicemail - "To get more information on this case file please call immediately on our department number 360-390-5053." No case number was left. When I called back the number a person answered the phone and stated "Hello you have reached the IRS, how can I help you." I called it multiple times and the same foreign speaking male answered the phone.
I received a call from this number at 8:32 AM ET today. The call was a recording that said, "This is your final notice. The IRS is filing suit against you." and then instructed me to call the number back. When I called back, an accented male answered saying, "You've reached Internal Revenue Service. How may I help you?" When I told him I was calling in response to a phone call I received this morning regarding a lawsuit, and asked whom I needed to speak with about it, he asked for my name. I did give him my name, but asked for his in return. He identified himself as Officer Matthew Peterson. I asked for his Agent number, and he provided 1HW652026 - which he repeated for me multiple times. He asked again for my name, I told him I wasn't providing him with any information, and he said sharply to me, "OK, Daphne [My Last Name]," - I'm assuming he got this via Called ID "I am issuing a warrant against you for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service!" and hung up on me.
Now, since the idea of being sued by the IRS IS scary, I did call them to confirm that I'm not being sued and it IS just a scam call. It is. They also directed me to submit the information directly based on the guidelines on their site at https://www.irs.gov/uac/Current-scams-and-phishing-sites-posing-as-the-IRS.
I received the same message on my voicemail this morning, so it seems that this SPAM call does not require a live person to answer the call in order to deliver the fraudulent message that the Internal Revenue Service will be filing a suit against the caller. FAKE call at every level. Report and then ignore them.
Hi Daphne Are you still there?I just received the same call and he told me they would arrest me in 45 minutes because I needed to pay $6,000.I don't have the money so I told him that as well as my 4 month old son would be going to jail with me.And my seven children began to cry and panic There all under 18 and depend on me.Is this a fraud ?