Important PSA on IRS Scam: Today I experienced one of the scariest scams of my lifetime and I feel the need to share so that no one else falls victim to these horrible people who should be put in jail for what they do.
These people had more information on me than imaginable which led me to believe their claims that I was being sued by the IRS were true. Even when I called the phone number back, they answer that they are the Internal Revenue Service. I spent over 45 minutes talking to 1 representative and a supervisor who did their job well in scaring me half to death. They had specific explanation from which tax years my W-2 "miscalculations" were done and even knew that I used H&R Block online as my tax filing provider for 10+ years. They told me all of my assets were going to frozen, my drivers license revoked and a warrant issued for my arrest within the next 30 minutes if I didn't decide to settle outside of court and provide them with the first of many payment installments totalling over $8,000. If I decided to settle in court, I was informed I would have to go to Washington DC to fight the IRS and obtain a legal and criminal attorney which would cost upwards of $25,000.
After pleading, crying, yelling, asking for information in written form etc. they still said if I do not start by making at least a minimum payment of $1,000 today, a sheriff will be at my doorstep in 30 minutes to arrest me. I ended the call with, "..well, I guess I'm getting arrested today then" and hung up. In fact, I waited for them to hang up on me after they said they couldn't work with me anymore and I was going to get arrested because if any of this was true, it would be recorded and admissible in court and they would see that this was the first time I was hearing about any of this which would help my 'case'.
Call me naive or what you will, but I think everyone should be aware of this phone number 512-813-7283 as not to fall victim to any of these horrendous scams. They are frightening to anyone and I hope none of you experience anything like this in your lifetime. Or if you do, and especially any IRS scams in particular, I'd be more than happy to discuss with you so that you don't fall victim in the end.
Best thing to do if you have time, is to waste as much of their time as you can. It's really satisfying. Convince them that you really will pay and then lead them round and round. They really are not that smart and will stay on the phone with you if you play dumb. That way you are doing a service by not allowing that person time to scam other people. Be warned, once they catch on they may try to hit below the belt by bringing up Sept 11, and telling you to have relations with your dog. Just make sure you record it and upload to youtube so everyone can enjoy it.