Got two calls from 703-879-8941 so far today, both about 5 hours apart and from a woman with a heavy eastern Indian accent. I don't answer calls that I do not recognize or expect due to telemarketers, especially when the presidential election season is starting, so I let it go to voice mail. I listened to the voice mail and by the end of the message I knew it was a scam. It's a canned recorded message.
The pitch goes a little like this: This person states they are calling from Legal Affairs Tech Crimes Investigation Unit of Internal Revenue Service. They state they've been trying to reach me for "months and months" about very important issues. They received an affidavit regarding a tax evasion on my name. I'm instructed to call 703-879-8941. She warns not to disregard her message and do call back and if I'm too busy to have my region attorney (wth is that?) do it for me. A delay in calling back might end up in a "legal mess" for me. Further, they will be forced to contact the local sheriff office and register this case against my name.
Now folks, does this sound anything remotely similar to what the IRS would say? They don't start out with phone calls and they don't dun you over the phone. The IRS garnishes wages, freezes bank accounts, and confiscates property. The IRS doesn't need to plead with you to pay; they will take as they please.
I so badly want to call them and terrorize them over the phone or reverse spoof them into thinking I'm calling from the NSA, but I think ignoring them is the best solution. This is tax season... expecting more of the same.
She had a very heavy Indian accent and was very rude and was trying to browbeat me with threats of the police coming after me, ruining my credit and wanting the amount paid in full to avoid further problems. Wanting a prepaid credit card to pay the so called debt.
Same prerecorded Indian accented non descriptive message. It's just fishing for someone to reply. It's a numbers game... Call 1000 numbers maybe you hook one sucker, call 1 million.... If you need ANY further confidence that this is nothing more than a scam think that if an actual agent was calling you, they just might know your name (and call you by it). Furthermore, I have now received 3 messages from this scammer (auto rejected I only get the voice-mail, no phone ringing) and they are exactly the same starting some time mid message because they can't take into account my voice-mail getting timeline. Something needs to be done to protect those that are less informed. Spread the word, protect your loved ones.
Got two calls from 703-879-8941 so far today, both about 5 hours apart and from a woman with a heavy eastern Indian accent. I don't answer calls that I do not recognize or expect due to telemarketers, especially when the presidential election season is starting, so I let it go to voice mail. I listened to the voice mail and by the end of the message I knew it was a scam. It's a canned recorded message.
The pitch goes a little like this: This person states they are calling from Legal Affairs Tech Crimes Investigation Unit of Internal Revenue Service. They state they've been trying to reach me for "months and months" about very important issues. They received an affidavit regarding a tax evasion on my name. I'm instructed to call 703-879-8941. She warns not to disregard her message and do call back and if I'm too busy to have my region attorney (wth is that?) do it for me. A delay in calling back might end up in a "legal mess" for me. Further, they will be forced to contact the local sheriff office and register this case against my name.
Now folks, does this sound anything remotely similar to what the IRS would say? They don't start out with phone calls and they don't dun you over the phone. The IRS garnishes wages, freezes bank accounts, and confiscates property. The IRS doesn't need to plead with you to pay; they will take as they please.
I so badly want to call them and terrorize them over the phone or reverse spoof them into thinking I'm calling from the NSA, but I think ignoring them is the best solution. This is tax season... expecting more of the same.