Who called from 5303448169

Ever seen a subpoena delivered by mail? Not likely! Ye local process server hands it to you. Remember, any company that phones trying to collect on a (supposed) debt, that will not provide proof in writing, is probably a foreign, 3rd world scammer. Plus court cases are a matter of public record. A quick call to City/State officials will tell you if there is a pending court case against you. Well, at least you didn't get one of our favorite scam lines "Your social security number has been put on hold". Just love that one!

On Thanksgiving, when they expect people to answer the phone I received a call from 530 334-8169 I could barely understand his heavy accent, he was rude and said he wanted to talk to a person who had passed away, I told him no sorry you can't talk to him, he got erratated and said why you don't let me talk to him ! I said he is decesed he sai you have a tax problem again you have to talk to me, I said happy Thanksgiving I'm going to visit with my family. This man said you will call me at 9 o'clock tomorow I ask what part of the world he was calling from he kept saying call at 9 o clock.  When I told him I don't know what time 9 oclock is where he is if he wont tell me where he is he said Los Angeles I told him that the area code was not right he got mad and said los Angeles you call at 9 o clock he said his name was David Johnson.

I received a call 7am from this company claiming to be the IRS. I spoke to two people, both Indian. They stated that they were sending a sheriff in two hours to arrest me for back taxes and money laundering. When I called the number back, I questioned them if they were in fact the IRS and got hung up on. I tried calling from my cell and once they heard it was me again, hung up again. They hung up on me and my partner numerous times, immediately without evening saying hello when they picked up the phone. If this were the IRS, I do not think they would conduct themselves in this manner leaving me to believe this is yet another scammer falsifying their identity to rip unsuspecting people out of their money.

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.
Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.
“This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country. We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves. Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,” says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. “If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don’t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn’t the IRS calling.” Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail

Other characteristics of this scam include:
• Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
• Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
• Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
• Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
• Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
• After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
• If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 800-829-1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.
• If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
• If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to [email protected].
More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam