Same call from "Ricky" at the IRS tax litigation dept. Said I had to pay about $5700 "within the next two hours" to avoid being arrested on Monday for tax fraud. Couldn't say what the issue was, just that errors in my tax return for the past four years. As soon as I told him I found out it was a scam by Googling the phone number, he said "we'll see what happens on Monday and hung up on me.
Received v/m from probably same Indian guy as above saying that this message is extremely urgent and sensitive. Barely understood what he said. But must call back. Called back and asked for his company name. They said it once, but could barely understand. So asked him to repeat. Still did not understand. Then he HUNG up on me. So I called back 4x because I want to investigate his company. Each time I called, I was disconnected. Do not give out any of your personal info. This is a scam.
They called me & left a message on my answering machine looking for someone with a different first name (sounded like 'Rodney') but the same last name as mine. Guy on the phone had a heavy Indian accent. Told me he was with Tax Litigation Department & that I must not try to disregard the message. Claimed that there was an issue with my income tax & that I should call back with a reference number (520706) that he repeated twice, & talk to Paul Brendan, otherwise legal action would be taken. An obvious scam, since I haven't owed any money to the IRS for several years.
Same heavy Indian accent guy called and threatened my parents, my mother hung up on him and he called back saying we owed the IRS money. Called 3-4 times in a row. I think the FBI or some other agency needs to find these a$$ holes and get them off the streets from harassing and stealing from honest Americans (especially the older generation). Karma - maybe there will be another earthquake or something somewhere to clean out this scum group!