Getting the same phone calls like everyone else with the same name of Julie Smith with IRS. Scammer leaving messages on answering machine to call back or legal action will be taken. Received the first one about a week ago and twice this morning.
Would the IRS call you on a Saturday 3 times within a 3 hour period and when you return the call they dont offer their badge number the way they do when you have called the IRS before - the real IRS ALWAYS provides their badge number when answering a call. This is a TOTAL SCAM - screw these [***].
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.
Received two calls from this number today - the first at 8:30 in the morning, and again at 10:45. Caller ID reports it as "California" so I knew no one is calling me on the East Coast from the West Coast that early! Sounds like a cell phone - automated recording tells you to call back pending litigation or something and speak to "Julie Smith" - quoting this number as "a direct line to her business" which is NOT something the IRS would refer to itself as, LOL! I called back anyway and some guy with an accent answered the call, but was breaking up so badly I couldn't get any clear info to pursue prosecuting the caller(s). Ignore the call. But report it. It's fraud. The IRS contacts by mail and does NOT need info from you.