I received a phone call from (415) 799-9609 this afternoon (California Area Code), 16 July 2015. I answered the call thinking it might be someone in my military unit for whom I had not saved a phone number. When I answered the phone it was an automated female voice notifying me of an IRS lawsuit of some kind being levied against me, and that I needed to call them back ASAP to prevent further action.
Alarmed by this, I immediately called the same number and was greeted by an Indian or Pakistani sounding male, who identified himself as (first name unknown) Johnson and an investigator with the IRS. He said there was a lawsuit against me and that a Sherrif would be meeting me at my home to arrest me, take me to prison for a sentence of 5 years and 3 years of house arrest. He also stated that all of my properties and assetts would be frozen.
As a "relatively" intelligent person I began to ask logical questions about the lawsuit, upon which Mr. Johnson interrupted me and began to ridicule me. If I didn't know something fishy was going on then, I did by this point, but I was still panicking. He hung up on me and said he'd be seeing me in prison. He never once asked me for any information, but he did claim to have my current address, but it was an address from more than 10 years ago.
Because these related posts seem to be within the past month, I can only assume this was part of the recent data breach with OPM and other agencies and businesses. I would recommend others to remain calm, and report the incident with the IRS. I am on hold with the IRS as I type this message.
Received several calls this a.m. that I didn't answer. Called back - East Indian female posing as an employee of the IRS with children's sounds in the background. Woman's name was allegedly, "Matty Johnson." Would not spell her name for me. Hung up on me when I asked her to spell her name. Told me I was being sued by the IRS. What was the name of my lawyer? We got disconnected. Called the # back...East Indian man answered. BEWARE! Told him I was contacting the IRS.
I received a call from this number at 9:37 AM on June 16th, since I don't answer calls without a name or number I recognize, I was upset at the message from couldn't understand first name Johnson from the Internal Revenue Service, regarding Time Sensitive information Told I should not disregard this message before they take action against me.
HOW DO WE STOP THESE IDIOTS?????
I got the same thing on the 15th by a name I could barely understand I got one at 8:21 and 10:31 am. I listened to the message 10 times. I was caught off guard by someone saying they were from the IRS. It sounds like an automated message. What also got me was it was muddled and very hard to understand. I have not heard anything back in 2 days if I do I hope I am awake to pick up. I deal with scams at work all the time
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 $40.00 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.