They claim to be from the IRS, I told them they were NOT the IRS and that they were scam artists, the man laughed and siad "get lost" to me and hung up. Just beware
Received 3 voice mails from this number yesterday stating that it was the IRS calling and that a law suit was pending if they did not hear back from me by COB yesterday. I called the number and was on the phone for over an hour between two individuals. Both had strong accents. I was told that an audit had been done of my taxes from 2008-2012 and that I owed back taxes due to filing errors. Both individuals gave me employee #s, IRS badge #s, case # and said that they were calling from the IRS auditing / bank department. I was read IRS regulations, penalties, and what was going to happen. I was told that if I didn't make payment before hanging up the phone that within 40 minutes of disconnecting the call that I would be served with an arrest warrant and taken to jail immediately.
I was told that once I had the money in hand, that I would be given the address of an authorized IRS payment center where once I made payment I would be given a voucher. That an appointment would be made for an IRS agent to come to my home, the next day, review the errors with me to ensure that the same mistakes didnt happen again, and that I would hand the IRS agent the voucher at which time the case would be considered closed.
I asked to speak with the individual's supervisor, and I was transferred to another man with an accent, but at least I could understand this person a little better. I told the individual that this all sounded very suspicious and that I wanted a number that I could call to verify the legitimacy of this phone call. At which point he became angry and stated that after all this time they had spent working with me that they were reneging their offer to settle the claim. I asked again how the payment process would work and he repeated the same info the other individual had given me reiterating that the IRS will never ask for bank account or credit card information by phone.
I admit looking back that I should have hung up the phone early on in the conversation. I was so upset. I had a panic attack over the phone. The amount of money that they said I owed was more than I make in one year . Here's the thing, I do owe the IRS, but I have made payment arrangements. At first, I was trying to ascertain whether or not they were reneging on our previous agreement and whether or not the call was legit. Once they described how I was to make payment, I was pretty certain the call was a scam. If I didn't owe the IRS, the phone call wouldn't have gone as far as it did.
This was a very scary, unfortunate incident. Please, if you get a call from this number hang up.
Just received a call from 703-828-0618. IT IS A SCAM. Caller claiming to be the IRS and threatening legal action against me if I do not pay. My brother received the same call just recently.
They claim to be from the IRS, I told them they were NOT the IRS and that they were scam artists, the man laughed and siad "get lost" to me and hung up. Just beware