Found a msg left at 6:28am saying that the IRS is filing suit against me. They just called again at 9:39a. I called the number because I'm moving and the phone will be cut off tomorrow anyway. Someone answered "Internal Revenue Service, how can I help you?" but there was so much background noise I couldn't hear her. When I asked about the noise she hung up. I tried again and got a guy this time with the same greeting. Then I had to put him on hold while I took another call and to my surprise, he was still there a few minutes later. I told him I thought this was a scam and asked him where he was calling from because he had a definite accent. His response was, " If you think this is a scam you can hang up and be prepared to take the consequences." I replied, "I'll take my chances." and hung up.
What government agency starts calling people at 6:30 in the morning? These people are overseas in India where it is 6:30 in the evening. They are too stupid to know there is a time difference.
IRS Scam:
The IRS does not need to sue anyone. They send you first class letters delivered by the Post Office. Several of them. Ignore those, and they then send certified letters that you need to sign for. Again delivered by the Post Office. Ignore those and they simply freeze your bank accounts and anything else you own. If they can do that, then why would they bother with a court case that might take them years before they get in front of a judge? They also do not bother arresting people for a few thousand dollars for the same reasons I have already given.
Official IRS Government site detailing this scam and providing links to report it:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Online-Scams-that-Impersonate-the-IRS
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Phone-Scams- ... 6-Filing-Season
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Complete ... -Scams-for-2015