I just got a call from this # too stating they're the IRS and saying there is a lawsuit against me. Sounds fishy cinsidering I have no overdue debts and pay all my taxes and then some... Anybody get scammed by this?
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
Report them:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone. US mail only. IRS does not file lawsuits. 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. If LE is necessary, US Marshals do the job. 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 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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Automated call about IRS Debt that doesn't exist. The voice said there would be a law suit and this is of course false so please beware and do NOT call this number back and give them your information!
I received that call this morning. It un-nerved me so bad that I called back. I got a man with a heavy indian accent that said his name is "John Wilson" and his ID badge# is 324211. He said the IRS filed a lawsuit against me for years 2008-2012. He had my correct address. We were disconnected (accidentally, I thought), so I called back and got a woman with a heavy indian accent. She was mainly unintelligible, because of the accent and being too close to the mouthpiece, but she, too, hung up on me after I asked if this is legitimate or a scam? I then googled the phone# to find it is a scam. I wish I had googled first.