I just got a call and he said I received grant money of $100,000 and I do not have to pay back..I knew it was a scam so I played along for a while .. He wasn't happy when I told him what I thought ... He was very loud and screaming . He claimed he worked for government and what he didn't know is that I really do and you do not receive gent money over the phone.
Same thing. I just received a scam phone call from (360) 761-1155 saying that I owe all kinds of money to the IRS from tax years 2008-20014. They made all kinds of threats about being me being arrested, seizing my property, etc. I informed him that if I owed all this money then why has the IRS accepted all of my returns ever filed in my life to include this years (2014) which included a refund. I told him that I highly doubt the validity of the call if I just got a refund back. Then I hung up.
Got this call: Caller said this is the IRS, we have been trying to reach you, to inform you we are filing a law suite against you. Told me to call this number to find out the details.
Sounded like a machine generated voice!
These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.
Received a call stating that he was from the IRS - Pakistani accent. Said they had four charges against me and I needed my criminal attorney to call. I stated that I was an attorney and they hung up. Go figure.