I just received the same "mechanical" sounding voice mail from " Julie" supposedly from IRS., encouraging me to call back "before they took any further action" … I have nothing outstanding with IRS will not call back and will alert IRS
this is a scam. Officer Julie Smith calls. leaves a message. asks you to call back a number where some Indian answers and rudely tells you your license has been suspended, that you owe a debt from 2010-2011, that you cannot pay with a debit or credit card linked to a bank account, but that the only way you can pay the debt (mine was $3599), was to get cash, go visit a ghetto supermarket, use the cash to buy some Tax Pay Voucher, which would then be used with a 4 digit code on a fake IRS website. I also was forced to keep the collector on the phone while at the bank and headed to the food lion. meanwhile, we do research on this phone number. I have never had an issue with the IRS and my record is clean. He said because my record was clean, his supervisor would allow me to pay rather than be arrested I am FURIOUS. DO NOT give them any information, or your zip code.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
new update:
I called them back and told them "GO F*CK YOURSELF" . I then waited 10 minutes. my number still wasn't blocked. Same woman answered. I insisted on finally speaking with Julie Smith. There was a pause. Then a high-pitched fake american accent who then pulled up my number and says "ah, yes. you were going to food lion with $3500, correct?" The original payment due was $3599. I laughed at their mistake and let them know this site exists and that THEY are being reported to the IRS and laughed. Then "Julie" says, "you want to know what I have to say to that?" (voice changes back to the original Indian man voice) "GO F*CK YOURSELF". case solved. definitely a scam from 415-234-9482
Got the same call as everyone else on my answering machine twice today. Being a non-profit accountant and tax advisor in the nation's capital, having regular contact with the IRS, I am certain that the IRS does not make such calls... they communicate via US Mail only.
Good to see that none of you have been taken in by this scam and encourage everyone to report it to the IRS so they can send out a taxpayer alert to warn others.