These same idiots have been harassing me for the past two days. Both days they called me at 8:00 am and claimed that I was about to be arrested if I didn't cooperate with them. The guy said that the IRS had charged me with 2 counts of tax fraud and read me an "affidavit" from the IRS fraud division. My daughter was with me and is a recent law school graduate and immediately knew this was a scam, but I don't need a law degree to know that you don't get a courtesy call before you are arrested. I got so mad at these crooks that I repeatedly called them back and yelled at them. They stopped answering my calls. Even if they fool one person, it's one person too many. I reported them to the FTC and will be reporting them to the IRS as well. Be warned that they also call back claiming to be from your local DMV and/or local police department to add legitimacy to their prior phone calls. Like I said, if the police want to arrest you, they don't give you a warning call. Also, we all know the DMV doesn't pay attention to you when you are actually in their offices so they definitely don't have the inclination or interest in actually calling you to tell you they are revoking your license. Don't let these idiots scare you into giving them anything!
I called the number and the same guy who left the message told me that this is the IRS. I told him this isn't the phone number for the IRS and he told me to have a Blessed day and hung up.....same thing he said in the voice message. SCAM
These same idiots have been harassing me for the past two days. Both days they called me at 8:00 am and claimed that I was about to be arrested if I didn't cooperate with them. The guy said that the IRS had charged me with 2 counts of tax fraud and read me an "affidavit" from the IRS fraud division. My daughter was with me and is a recent law school graduate and immediately knew this was a scam, but I don't need a law degree to know that you don't get a courtesy call before you are arrested. I got so mad at these crooks that I repeatedly called them back and yelled at them. They stopped answering my calls. Even if they fool one person, it's one person too many. I reported them to the FTC and will be reporting them to the IRS as well. Be warned that they also call back claiming to be from your local DMV and/or local police department to add legitimacy to their prior phone calls. Like I said, if the police want to arrest you, they don't give you a warning call. Also, we all know the DMV doesn't pay attention to you when you are actually in their offices so they definitely don't have the inclination or interest in actually calling you to tell you they are revoking your license. Don't let these idiots scare you into giving them anything!
I posted earlier too. I have reported this to IRS via their phishing email. Thanks for the heads up on fake Local Police or DMV calls.Please keep up with any new developments.
Idiot ('Ricky Johnson) with Indian accent left message about time sensitive issue with my paycheck and taxes. I'm ignoring it for now. May call back to yell at him when I'm not in the holiday spirit.