Thank you for the information. I googled the message I received and that's what popped up as well. The call came in at 1pm and 4pm last night. I called them back with my number blocked at 4:30. Thanks again for the info.
This number called twice in three hours and it's a robotic voice message saying "is filing a lawsuit against you. Call our department number at 919-273-5974." Called back blocking my number and no answer. Not even a voicemail.
Why would you even bother calling back? It is before 8 am on the east coast so you have to know that the IRS isn't even in the office yet.
IRS Scam:
The IRS does not need to sue anyone. They send you first class letters delivered by the Post Office. Several of them. Ignore those, and they then send certified letters that you need to sign for. Again delivered by the Post Office. Ignore those and they simply freeze your bank accounts and anything else you own. If they can do that, then why would they bother with a court case that might take them years before they get in front of a judge? They also do not bother arresting people for a few thousand dollars for the same reasons I have already given.
Official IRS Government site detailing this scam and providing links to report it:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Online-Scams-that-Impersonate-the-IRS
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Phone-Scams- ... 6-Filing-Season
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Complete ... -Scams-for-2015
Thank you for the information. I googled the message I received and that's what popped up as well. The call came in at 1pm and 4pm last night. I called them back with my number blocked at 4:30. Thanks again for the info.