I got a call from Stephanie, saying if we didn't get $3000 into the "IRS account" by 2:00pm my husband would be arrested and in jail for 12 months with no opportunity for getting out or getting a lawyer. They wanted me to get cash, go to Western Union and call her back. She would then give me instructions on how to send the money in correctly.
Scared me to death. I called the IRS, they said that it is a scam.
I was called several times and messages were let for me to call right away because of taxes that I owed..I knew that I didn't owe any taxes but it upset me so bad that i started calling my attorney, however he did not answer. So I called my brother and he told me that the IRS don't call people but they were so conviencing that just wasn't thinking..The lady said her name was Michelle Brown and that the police would be here to arrest me within an hour with all of the paper..i told her that I would talk to my attorney and she asked for
my attorney's name and number and I gave it to her..She then told me it was too late for me to fix it because the police were already on the way. in the mean time my attorney called me and assured me that it was a scam and no one was coming to arrest me. I think I didn't give her the answers she wanted because she never asked me for money..EVERYONE PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
This is definitely a scam. I knew this could not be the IRS because they called first. If it was really the IRS, they would have come directly to my home and collected the money in person. Ha! No, really, they always communicate tax issues through the USPS in great detail. Relax.
The caller is Daniel Robertson and he is calling from the IRS. The call return to the IRS is time sensitive so it is imperative to pay this bill immediately.