This morning we received a phone message in an automated female voice, purportedly from the IRS today saying they are filing a lawsuit against us. "Immediately call 360-851-1764, I repeat 360-851…". Obviously some sort of scam. Irritating!
The IRS does not need to sue people. If the IRS wants your money, they can order wage garnishments and account attachments without even getting a court order. So this is bogus.
What is interesting, however, is the question of whether these people are committing a crime. It is a federal offense to impersonate a government official. Is it similarly an offense to impersonate a government agency? I believe this might be actionable, and some enterprising soul might just wish to take up the cause!
The number is not in Washington....its a Skype number. I am a law enforcement official and have forwarded the IP address and trace to others to follow up on. IP address tracked to somewhere outside this country.....
Won't work. The calls originate in India and Pakistan. As such these callers are beyond the reach of US law. And the local governments do little, if anything to shut the illegal call centers down.
Same here, same number, same computer voice. I got 2 messages. I called and got a busy signal too. I know these people are hard to trace but I would like to see them all get caught. Warn your families especially the elderly!