This number just called my number and wanted information. one of them told me he was a police officer so I asked for his badge number and department name and he hung up. Then another one called and asked if I hung up on him and said he was reporting me to my county sheriffs office. I said okay, what county... then he hung up. Idiots
This number just called my number and wanted information. one of them told me he was a police officer so I asked for his badge number and department name and he hung up. Then another one called and asked if I hung up on him and said he was reporting me to my county sheriffs office. I said okay, what county... then he hung up. Idiots
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.
I recieved a call from an Officer Santiago. H ehad a deep accent and told me he needed to discuss a matter of importance with me and that a warrant has been signed against my name and a hold has been put on my social security number.
I was contacted by Officer Melvin Santiago from a so called Department of Financial Crimes. He threatened me that my passport would be confiscated and I would be sent back to wherever I came from. The number he called from was 8142543960. I played along with his scam and I let him believe that I fell for the whole thing. I enjoyed messing with him and to this point I am still messing with him. He threatened me with sending the county sheriff to arrest me if I did not pay a debt to a company called Cash Net USA. Anyone who reads this, please play along with him and make his life miserable. Keep calling him back and ask the same questions over and over. You will find out that he is a complete moron.