I got a call from this # on Sat @ 4am. They left an auto recorded message saying they were the IRS. I called back at 6:50AM on a Saturday and someone that sounded like they were in a call center in India answered. She asked for my name which I gave then she proceded to tell me that my taxes were not paid in full and that I was being audited for 2006-2011 for unpaid taxes. When I tried to talk she got upset and said "can I please finish"..which made me realize that she was reading a script and was not that great at improv. I let her talk..then at the end of her scary story of all the $ I owe them.. I told her what the hell are you talking about? I dont owe taxes. She asked me why. I said " I have never made enough $ to have to pay taxes and I have 4 kids! She said.. Oh let me call you back. If she call's back I'm going to start speaking Punjabi to her.
Heavy foreign accent (barely understandable), claimed to be IRS and that 3 criminal charges were pending against me. After telling the caller three times that I could not understand her, she hung up.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•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.
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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.