The (Female) voice message was..."Case file. Please call immediately on our department number 786-732-5198. I repeat 786-732-5198 thank you." Ten minutes short of being 2 hours later, I received a call just like this with a different telephone number..."Case file. Please call immediately on our department number 657-387-1461. I repeat 657-387-1461 thank you."
I just called the number (while blocking my cell number using *67 before their telephone number) and of course, it said..."The number you dialed is not a working number. Please check the number and dial again." However, I just called the second number and someone picked up the phone, mumbled something as he was picking it up and then when I didn't say anything, he stayed on there a couple seconds and then hung up. The second time I called, someone picked up the phone, did not say a word and just sighed into the phone. In the background I heard a male voice with a foreign accent telling someone they owed over 7 thousand dollars and he wanted to know how they wanted to handle that. I called (the second number) two more times and they picked up the phone and hung up right away and then picked up and said (with a foreign accent), "Why are you calling me?"
Total scam. Originates in either India or Pakistan. Block and ignore. DO NOT RETURN THE CALL!
See: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
See also: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/scammers-continuing-pose-irs-agents
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. IRS has enough administrative authority under the IRS Code and related regulations to collect all taxes lawfully due the federal government. Court action, if any is handled by the DOJ and all parties are entitled to legal assistance if it is a criminal matter. But--tax disputes are for the most part civil matters. 90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively. IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes. IRS does not threaten to involve local law enforcement or to arrest you for nonpayment of federal taxes. IRS has no powers of arrest as related to ordinary tax disputes. Having a deficiency in taxes owed by way of audit is NOT a crime. IRS does not cold call anyone and demand immediate payment of money. IRS does not ask for financial information over the phone. IRS does not accept Green card money paks or Itunes cards or similar for payment in any case. No one is prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. IRS has absolutely no authority over anyone's professional license. Professional licensing is handled by state governments. Yes, levies on property to satisfy an existing tax obligation do occur, but only after a very long period of negotiation. And yes, liens are placed on individuals but usually after a lot of negotiation and a failure to reach a settlement. All determinations of tax liability are subject to appeals. All contacts by the IRS are initiated by US mail.
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