Received a threatening voicemail from someone who claims to be John Andrews from the Dept. of Legal Affairs, stating that enforcement actions have been started against me. That I or my attorney needs to contact him at the same number listed above. He also said that if I don't respond things could get very messy for me. The caller had a very heavy accent and was difficult to understand. I did save the voicemail in case it could be pertinent information to help catch these crooks.
Received a threatening voicemail from someone who claims to be John Andrews from the Dept. of Legal Affairs, stating that enforcement actions have been started against me. That I or my attorney needs to contact him at the same number listed above. He also said that if I don't respond things could get very messy for me. The caller had a very heavy accent and was difficult to understand. I did save the voicemail in case it could be pertinent information to help catch these crooks.
Good luck with that. 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.
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.
This # 7863199050, has being traced to an IP address: 104.236.220.#, a pbx system the phone # is fake / displayed found working # 6262801582, listed on system.
Thank you for the information and the link. Thank goodness I wasn't home to answer the call. I don't know what I would have done. I did try to call back, but kept getting a busy signal.
That's when I decided to search for scams, and I'm so happy I figured it out before I did end up in a mess.
Hopefully they will not call back, but I will save any voicemails in case it can help catch these people.
I'm going to go to the link you shared and report them. And then I'm getting on my FB page and informing all my family and friends.
Thanks for your help. Nice to know that there are good people out there!