Caller did not state where he was calling from or who he was calling for. Said his name was Frank Murphy and that I needed to return his call the second I got his message- either myself or my attorney. Said I better not disregard his call. If I don't return his call- he would like to wish me good luck as the situation unfolds on me.
Got a message on our machine requesting immediate response regarding an order of issuance?!. Something about Crime Investigation Unit. Sounded like the guy said his name is Officer Stanley Coy but was too hard to tell through his EXTREMELY heavy accent. Return call produced threats saying we were under Tax Fraud and to give our attorney info. or in 45 minutes the Marshalls would be here, and they would freeze all our assets.
My 82 year old almost blind Mom got this call. Roger Fritz said he was from IRS Fraud Division and threatened her. She couldn't understand his accent, so she immediately called me & I called Roger Fritz back. I could hardly understand this foreigner. He was in a call-center with background noise. Mr. Fritz told me he was reporting my Mom to the IRS Fraud Division for tax evasion. To stop this she must file IRS form 80 (which doesn't exist because I accessed the IRS website as I was speaking to him & told him there is no form 80). After going back & forth for minutes, I still barely understood him except that he was threatening me, so I asked for his supervisor. He put Mr. Thomas (another foreigner) on the phone who also tried to bully me - telling me in an aggressive voice - what problem did I have that I didn't understand. I thought Fritz was still speaking to me so I stated, "please Mr. Fritz, I can't understand you, please put your supervisor back on the phone". The voice stated- "This is Mr. Thomas, Mr. Fritz's supervisor so what don't you understand"? I hung up then because this DEFINITELY IS NOT THE IRS. There is no IRS Form 80 because I went on line. BEWARE - THIS IS A FOREIGNER SCAM.
Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
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Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
I got a call like this yesterday. Stating he was officer Richard Finch from the IRS Criminal Division and to call back on 917-460-4116. Well I waited until late at night to call and voicemail said, this is David Fisher chief investigation of IRS Criminal Investigation Division. Both had heavy forieng accent.
I didn't think it was legit. Because the guy didn't even say my name, just this call is intended for you.