Message on machine said the call was from the IRS - Internal Revenue Services (plural). I called the number for the fun of it. The guy knew my name and address. He said he couldn't provide any info unless I verified the last 4 digits of my SSN.
I asked about their organization. He said he was from the Internal Revenue Service (NO plural). Even gave me his name, location, badge number, etc. He assured me he was in Washington D.C. even though the CID revealed Washington State even after I told him I knew about the scam.
When I asked him about the purpose of the call, he said he couldn't get into it until I verified my info (last 4 digits SSN), but he finally said, "so you can't blame our department" ... when I find out about my legal action, I guess.
Same as above messages. Caller ID shows "number not available" -- female voice left message stating IRS suing me, blah blah blah. Call that number, which I did not. Googled it and found all familiar blogs. Can these people not be stopped? Especially the one message about her elderly parents receiving that same call -- the elderly sometimes don't realize that these are scams.
Voice message left at our home saying it was the IRS and they were going to sue us. Luckily I'd heard about this specific robo-call on the local news. It is unfortunately, however, that any IRS call strikes fear into the receiver--even when it's a hoax. Too bad the police can't shut this down. I wonder if stiffer penalties for identity theft and this kind of fraud would help end to them.
Same as above. I called back. There was so much background noise I could hardly hear the person. When I asked for a clarification about something he said, he hung up. Then I googled the number and got this page. I should have known not to even call back. The IRS contacts people by mail, not phone.