I was out of the house and my wife got a call from 703-662-8334. A woman who identified herself as an officer and was calling on behalf of the IRS. She gave a badge number and a case number and an IRS employee code. She asked if my wife had a criminal lawyer. My wife replied no. She said a police officer was going to come by the house in 3 hours to discuss or arrest her for tax fraud from the years 2009 to 2013. At that point she switched the call to a man who asked if my wife had intentionally defrauded the IRS. Of course the answer was no. He said that two certified letters had been sent and that she had not responded which was not true. He told her that she owed $5,786.39. He told her if she didn't pay there would be a lien placed on all our property, 401K, paychecks, bank accounts and passports. She wanted the caller to wait until I got here so he could talk to me. The man told her no he would not wait. He also said that if my wife hung up during the call that criminal charges would be filed and she would be arrested. He told my wife that he wanted her to go to the bank and get the cash and that an agent would meet her there. He said that he would not take a credit card or a cashiers check. She would have to present a photo ID when she gave him the cash. My wife said she would need a receipt and he told her that she could get one at the local IRS office. He then told her that she could not share information about this call with anyone because he was letting he off so easy. About that time I walked in and found my wife visibly shaken. I took the phone from her and told the guy that this was a scam call and hung up on him.
they will call you again because he now knows your wife is upset so he will push what you do is laugh at him even when he is talking just keep laughing and he will hang up on you he might try one or two more times and you just at him and then he will realize your a waste of his time and wont call you anymore you can even say to him while laughing your a scam idiot
3/10/15-7:30a.m.CST this morning received a call and my husband answered - they asked for me and he said who is calling and could barely understand them. They said the IRS and he said - get lost and hung up. Then, this afternoon at 12:47p.m.CST, we received yet another call and a message was left - the exact same telephone number as this mornings call again could barely understand the message but we did decipher my name and, this time it stated, there was an arrest warrant for my name to please call back. I reported all of the above to the appropriate places - the arrest warrant call I noted NBC did a news story on it and there was a telephone number to report same (US Marshall's Office) which I called and left a message. As for the early morning call (again same telephone numbers) re: IRS I reported all online to the appropriate email addresses.
Do people really fall for these things? It's a complete scam! The man tells you they have issued an arrest warrant; in most states you can look this information up on the internet. DO NOT FALL FOR IT PEOPLE!
Another scumbag foreigner scam from 703-662-8334 with threats etc. They answer as Internal Revenue service and everything but, when you start cussing at them and calling them lying [***], they hang up. Thank god I overheard this on the news.