Have been getting calls all day claiming the IRS is suing me. They haven't stopped calling . I have called my local police department and have been told this is a scam , which is pretty easy to figure out since the IRS doesn't call you like that and the guy has the most broken English possible! It infuriates me! Get a real job!
The IRS reminds people that they can know pretty easily when a supposed IRS caller is a fake. Here are five things the scammers often do but the IRS will not do. Any one of these five things is a tell-tale sign of a scam. The IRS will never:
Call to demand immediate payment, nor will we call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill..
Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe.
Require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card.
Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
Threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.
I got a robotic male voice on my cell saying it was "calling to inform me that the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me". It called from the same number that it left for callback "for me to get more information". I chuckled when it mispronounced the word "information", leaving out the R. I did not call back. Blocked.
I received a robot voice mail saying to call 484-507-9536 that someone has filed a lawsuit against me and to find out more information to call them back at this number.