I just got a message from 415 251 8910 saying I or my attorney needed to call now before action is taken against me. I called and a man with a heavy accent hung up on me twice. The third time I called he said he was the IRS and asked if I was...(my sons name) I said no that is my son and he said oh sorry and hung up on me. I knew it sounded fishy so I looked up this number and found this site. How can we stop these calls They will find that poor soul who gives into their game, makes me sick.
I got the same call 3 time -- when I called back, some foreign person answered --- I have reported the # to the IRS, to Immigration and Homeland Security. I urge everyone who receives a call from these terrorists to call or write to each of these agencies. they need to be stopped. They are preying on people -- luckily, everyone on this board is smart enough to know better but there are a lot of people out there who are not. Please report them and stop them.
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.
2) Help kill their phone lines. The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)
3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:
Officer "Julie Smith". Bogus IRS call 415-251-8910. Go on tigta.com to report them. This happened on a Saturday. How many government workers work on a Saturday? Lol. I am reporting this because I know 2 other people in the area that received this call this week. They have made their way to Michigan.