IRS scam. Here's the message I got on my VM, left on Jan 26th 2015 at 10:41 am PST <my comments are in brackets>:
"This message is for <my name>. This is Officer Shirley ... Shirley Cruz <couldn't remember the name she was supposed to use?> I'm calling you from the criminal investigation <sic> of Internal Revenue Service. The moment you receive this message, <what? call back in the middle of the night, when I got the message?!?> you need to give me a call back on the IRS number of crime investigation <sic> on 415-932-8051. I'll repeat it. 415-932-8051. <Sure, your personal cell phone.> There's a notice issued on your name, and there are serious allegations as against your name <sic> by the criminal investigation of Internal Revenue Service <sic>. As it's a matter of urgency, I'm looking forward to speak <sic> to you. Thank you."
The bad English and foreign accent were the first giveaways that this is a scam. A little research finds that they've been calling from all of these numbers also:
415-932-8285
415-932-8018
415-932-8044
415-932-8025
The scammers must have gotten a "family plan" from YMax Communications Mobile in San Francisco.
just got the same call, voicemail said call back Julie Smith at the irs, I called back the guy told me I was going to go to jail and they were going to seize my home and freeze my bank accounts if I did not give him 500.00. Than I asked him why I was notified by mail and he said I was. NOT. Total scam. now I hope he calls back
IRS scam. Here's the message I got on my VM, left on Jan 26th 2015 at 10:41 am PST <my comments are in brackets>:
"This message is for <my name>. This is Officer Shirley ... Shirley Cruz <couldn't remember the name she was supposed to use?> I'm calling you from the criminal investigation <sic> of Internal Revenue Service. The moment you receive this message, <what? call back in the middle of the night, when I got the message?!?> you need to give me a call back on the IRS number of crime investigation <sic> on 415-932-8051. I'll repeat it. 415-932-8051. <Sure, your personal cell phone.> There's a notice issued on your name, and there are serious allegations as against your name <sic> by the criminal investigation of Internal Revenue Service <sic>. As it's a matter of urgency, I'm looking forward to speak <sic> to you. Thank you."
The bad English and foreign accent were the first giveaways that this is a scam. A little research finds that they've been calling from all of these numbers also:
415-932-8285
415-932-8018
415-932-8044
415-932-8025
The scammers must have gotten a "family plan" from YMax Communications Mobile in San Francisco.