I received a call this morning, Saturday. Indian man, "mr. Bell" claimed the IRS has been trying to reach me by certified mail, but has been unable to deliver. As a result, he was calling to ask me for my attorney's information as on Monday, a warrant for my arrest would be issued by my local county.
I was told that I needed to pay $4,100 to avoid arrest, and after which they would send me the paperwork to support my criminal and civil charges. Fortunately, after calling a few relatives in a panic, I was advised it was a scam and to proceed to my local police department. The police verified that there are no pending warrants, and that if they were indeed the irs to call him directly to discuss. They they claimed, that they were not the irs, but a collection agency on behalf of the irs.
For those who know tax code, which I now do, they claimed it was for years 2007-2010. FYI ... Know the statute of limitations which is 3 years. Therefore, 2007, 2008, and 2009 are not valid. Furthermore, I had filed jointly for those years, which the caller could not validate.
I am a fairly sensible and educated person, but when they claim that you will be arrested in less than 48 hours, passport cancelled, etc., it is very frightening. Please stay calm, and do not send the money. Call theirs instead. I will be calling on Monday.
I received a call from 415-323-1082 about a IRS matter owing back taxes and will be jailed on monday
if I do not pay $5,173.00 today on saturday.
So I looked into matter and found out several peoples have got same call
•If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
•If you don’t owe taxes, call and 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.