Who called from 7182987550

Just got a call from the Heavy Indian accent person - stating they are with the Queens County Sherrif office and something about tax fraud.  So like a New Yorker I laid it into him.  I reverse lookup the number and it was 718-298-7550 listed as the switchboard of the Queens County Sherrif office ( maybe its the cleaner there).   I asked for his name ( Jack Rogers) sounds like a great name for an indian guy and badge # (4927) sounds fake.  I asked who was the main Sherrif and Deputy Sherrif that I wanted to speak with them to clarify. Why does a local enforcement agency has jurisdiction over the IRS - that should roll up to the Federal Marshall at the Federal level and not the local level.

He hung up...

Thanks for clearing this up for me!  I got this call today on my voicemail and it pissed me off for hours because I was at work and couldn't call back or find out what was going on.  I appreciate your explaining what it was - I too, was like, why does this guy named James Rogers have a heavy Indian accent lol  Made no sense but it annoyed me all day nonetheless.

i got a call today, left me a voice mail, but i have caller ID , from 718-298-7550, sounds like the same guy, indian accent , he gave
me his last name "Jones",   so i called that # but it just kept ringing, I believe its a scam,

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report.shtml
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4b849c65e54346 ... leader-irs-scam

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

To file complaints on Foreign company's and scams:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-d20d86fdc3e145c/reporting-international-scams
https://www.econsumer.gov/#crnt
eConsumer.gov: Report Your Complaint
E-mail: [email protected]
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Got a call from 718-298-7550 claiming to be from Queens County sheriffs office, the person gave the Name : Jack Rogers & badge 4927.
The guy had an indian accent and threatened to arrest me if i don't call back Mr Steven White @  202-754-8205 to discuss about a federal case filed by IRS.  I looked up the 718 number and it is actually the Queens county sheriff's office.

I read that its a scam from the previous posts but how are these scammers be able to make that call from a government agency's number?