Received a call from this morning at 5 a.m. obviously figured it was not legit so i sent it straight to voicemail. I looked the number up and found it is associated with the IRS TaxHelp Center in Atlanta GA. I have no reason to be called by them so I permanently blocked them.
This guy calls(foreign) states he has a case with the IRS and before he could even continue I told him the IRS does not call, I will report him for harassment and he said we do call and I said your just a scam and the police did a report on this on tv. Also he has called before telling me I will be arrested in 30 minutes and I needed to go immediately to my bank and send them the money and I was to tell no one. Needless to say I called my local police and was informed this is the current scam. So beware DO NOT listen and just hang up. The IRS will send you mail they do NOT call out of the blue.
Received a call from this morning at 5 a.m. obviously figured it was not legit so i sent it straight to voicemail. I looked the number up and found it is associated with the IRS TaxHelp Center in Atlanta GA. I have no reason to be called by them so I permanently blocked them.
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.