Second time receiving this call now. These scammers need to be dealt with and stopped before doing financial harm to anyone gullible enough to respond to them. Infuriating.
Same as listed above. A man with a heavy Indian accent and the message: "Hi this message is intended to contact you my name is T Martin & I'm calling regarding enforcement actions executed by US Treasury intending your serious attention ignoring this will be an intentional second attempt to avoid initial appearance before a magistrate judge or a grand jury for a federal criminal offense my number is 707-666-9651 again 707-666-9651 I advise you to cooperator with us & help us help you" If there is a problem the IRS or US Treasury will send you a official letter in the mail, not have a guy call and harass you.
Chris, the IRS will contact by mail, but if it won't be certified/registered receipt type. They contact you via regular usps mail with their IRS return address (address correction requested) envelope. Over 30 years in business I have seen plenty of them.
This is a transcript by xfinity of what I got. Two calls in quick succession.
"Hi this message is intended to contact you. My name is Steve Martin and I'm calling regarding enforcement actions. You to the US treasury intending your-serious(?) attention. Ignoring this will be an intention of taking the dental(?) voice initial appearance before a magistrate judge for a Grand Jury for the Federal criminal offense. My number is 707-666-9651. Again 707-666-9651. I'd like you to call with us and help us to help you. Thanks."
"Hi this message is intended to contact you. My name is Steve Martin and I'm calling regarding enforcement actions executed by US Treasury in sending your serious(?) attention. Ignoring this will be an intention of the second attempt to avoid initial appearance before a magistrate judge for a grand(?) jury for the federal criminal offense. My number is 7076669651. Again 7076669651. I'd like you to cooperate with us and help us to help you. Thanks."
-IRS-Identifies-Five-Easy-Ways-to-Spot-Suspicious-Calls
Scam Phone Calls Continue; IRS Identifies Five Easy Ways to Spot Suspicious Calls
IR-2014-84, Aug. 28, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert today providing taxpayers with additional tips to protect themselves from telephone scam artists calling and pretending to be with the IRS.
These callers may demand money or may say you have a refund due and try to trick you into sharing private information. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They may know a lot about you, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. If you don’t answer, they often leave an “urgent” callback request.
“These telephone scams are being seen in every part of the country, and we urge people not to be deceived by these threatening phone calls,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “We have formal processes in place for people with tax issues. The IRS respects taxpayer rights, and these angry, shake-down calls are not how we do business.”
The IRS reminds people that they can know pretty easily when a supposed IRS caller is a fake. Here are five things the scammers often do but the IRS will not do. Any one of these five things is a tell-tale sign of a scam. The IRS will never:
1.Call you about taxes you owe without first mailing you an official notice.
2.Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe.
3.Require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card.
4.Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
5.Threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying
you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS and asking for money, here’s what you should do:
•If you know you owe taxes or think you might owe, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS workers can help you with a payment issue.
•If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to believe that you do, report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1.800.366.4484 or at www.tigta.gov.
•You can file a complaint using the FTC Complaint Assistant; choose “Other” and then “Imposter Scams.” If the complaint involves someone impersonating the IRS, include the words “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.