My client got a call from this number threatening him w/an arrest because the police were right around the corner...They wanted a credit card...The IRS will NEVER call you because they don't have your cell or home number. They will write to you & give a number for YOU to call back & they give an ID number...They will not threaten you with arrest or deportation...These people are disgusting human beings preying on the innocent, elderly and aliens...Sickening situation.
Got a message to call Julie. My wife called and spoke to someone that sounded from India with the name Steve Foster. Scared my wife half to death. Said we owed back taxes and that the IRS was going to put her in Jail. He put her on hold to find out if the Courts can take her payment. He asked if she had received the file number and she said no and that's when he asked for her social to look up all the details of the case. He was very aggressive and had my wife reeling. I took over the conversation and everything changed when I started asking him for his information. He got more aggressive the more I asked. Wanting to only speak to my wife. Then I guess he figured it wasn't going anywhere he revealed himself and said to go ahead and file whatever claims you want. That everyone always tells him they are going to find him and put him in jail and stuff like that. He finished with asking me to tell my wife THANK YOU for giving us her social and that he plans to use it for lots of things.
Stand up guy. Sounded like he was calling from a call center in India. This is a major problem. Don't give anyone your social EVER.
This is a total scam run out of India. First off, the IRS does not file lawsuits. If there is a need for court action, the IRS makes a request to the DOJ which makes the final decision whether or not to go to court-- usually to enforce a collection action of some kind or another. See: http://www.irs.gov/irm/part5/irm_05-017-004.html
But this only happens after a long period of administrative negotiations with the taxpayer. Before any court case would happen, the taxpayer would be well aware of it. IRS is never going to cold-call you and tell you that a case is being filed against you out of the clear blue sky. IRS always initiates contact by US mail.
IRS has absolutely no authority over local police. The IRS has no powers or arrest, it is a tax collection agency. Local police and law enforcement are NEVER involved in tax disputes. If law enforcement presence is needed, US marshals are available.
Secondly, over 90 percent of all tax disputes are settled administratively during an appeals process.
This is just a scam where somebody cold-calls, pretends to be IRS and tries to scare you into paying money to somebody by Green dot money pak which is untraceable.
Ignore the call and do not return it. Block the number.
Report them: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... sive-Telephone-
Scam
Also here: http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
These calls are not random. These scammer/extortionists are predators. The person calling you has all your financial information and a lot of personal information. They pick on women, single mothers, the elderly and members of the immigrant community. They are looking for vulnerable people. Which is why you should never return these calls. If they sense any vulnerability on your part, they may hammer you with even more calls.
Unfortunately they are hard core Indian or Pakistani scammer/extortionists and s such beyond the reach of US law. Invest in a call blocker and do not pick up on numbers you do not recognize.