I told him that I was a FBI Special Agent after listening to him and my telephone number was immediately blocked and I was unable to call them back. Re called them on my cell and asked them for their employee badge number and once again blocked number. Have fun with these [***]! I do.
Read Tamianth's response, when the calls are most likely coming from overseas and protected by spoofed numbers, little can be done. If you've got an answering machine taking calls, you can expect to be called back. Leaving unknown numbers alone completely or blocking them destroys any chance of getting tricked. No answering machine, these crooks have no way to do anything, including leaving you threatening instructions to call other scammers numbers. Not only that, but they'll eventually get tired of calling numbers that have no answer and give up.
I have received several threatening calls from Alex Ferguson from Marion, Ohio. I have not answered any of them, they just go to voice mail. I hope nobody falls for this scammer--just don't answer, he will eventually get tired of this. Where is he getting our phone numbers? I supposedly pay for an unlisted number!!! I someday will answer with a similar accent and tell him I don't underrrrstand you. LOL
Alex Ferguson has called my house twice threatening to have me arrested. Thankfully, we are smart enough to know this is a scam. However, very scary for my youngest child to hear I was going to be arrested. I hope they catch this low life.
These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.
If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.
By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.
Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.
They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.
Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.
The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.
If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.