202-751-2479
DC, US
Carolyn
Carolyn
2014-04-23 03:47:53
Unknown
I've had THREE of these fools call me and leave messages!!  I never answer my phone without looking at the ID window, and   I'm like you guys--I don't owe anybody any money, so I've  KEPT the messages so I can  replay them as ENTERTAINMENT in the evenings when I sit next to my computer!!!!   It's great sport, because these guys are horrible actors.   : )   They all use the same script....
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
2014-03-26 12:36:13
Unknown
WASHINGTON ? The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver?s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

?This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country.  We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves.  Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,? says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. ?If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don?t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn?t the IRS calling.? Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail
Other characteristics of this scam include:
Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim?s Social Security Number.
Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it?s the IRS calling.
Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
After threatening victims with jail time or driver?s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here?s what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue ? if there really is such an issue.
If you know you don?t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you?ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
If you?ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their ?FTC Complaint Assistant? at FTC.gov.  Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.  This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to phishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
undeclared
undeclared
2014-03-26 12:28:49
Unknown
Had a few minutes to mess these idiots up. Summary: I talked to IRS agent "John Davis" speaking with Indian sounding accent(Ahhm!). I have Tax fraud charges pending. Immigration will deport me, put a lien on my property and freeze my accts etc etc. I was read a legal statement(Yawn!). I owe $2000.00 and IRS will freeze my accts in 15 minutes and arrest me in 30, and the clock starts when we hang up(Yeah, kiss my..). I asked what you want? Answer: go to Walgreens get $2000 in bonds, given me that number to release Documents which he will send me to review. What a wonderful World! (Yeah, kiss my..).
I called the second time as John Davis & a fake tel number. He could not find that number so I have no pending issues. He figured I am dishing back. Here's the KICKER. He says "We will take Kashmir." So these are P***s. Of course he got an earful with some heavy and choice words. Be cool and press Delete.
undeclared
undeclared
2014-03-26 12:26:45
Unknown
Phone books are open documents these days
Undeclared
Undeclared
2014-03-26 12:25:39
Unknown
You think? It is Absolutely fake...
D.D
D.D
2014-03-26 01:24:27
Unknown
I received a call as well, this is a SCAM, no one from the IRS or any judgment/collection agency will contact you stating you owe them money without proper and legal documentation provided to you prior, if anyone gets a call like this hang up, if you owe money to anyone you most differently know about it already, take caution before you give out your information to strangers over the phone
Patel
Patel
2014-03-25 14:35:43
Unknown
I also received several messages from this person saying to contact him immediately or  there will be consquneces if I  ignored  the calls, he gave his name as Officer Roberts.
One time my husband answered the call and talk to him.telling him to stop calling and we knew what they were up to, he started swearing at my husband who then hung up on him.
He continues to call.
VPRK
VPRK
2014-03-24 14:24:56
Prank Call
We have been receiving such threatening calls since the Government shut down last year 2013. At first we called IRS each time we received such calls and the IRS representatives were very reluctant and refused to help when we asked them to send us a "no dues" certificate for our records. In place of helping they even started chiding us, saying we needed to file a return that was already duly filed by us in the past years. By the way it needs to get mentioned here that we even called the local police under information to IRS too. Since last week (15th of March, 2014) we have been getting the calls again from this Washington DC phone number 202-751-2479 thrice or four times on a daily basis. So what we feel now is that at the least some high IRS officials are hand in glove with these phishing criminals - if not the entire IRS. They must have leaked our IDs phone numbers and other personal data to these so called phishing artists.  
KC
KC
2014-03-21 22:17:53
Prank Call
I got three calls today from the 202 number....one I answered but it was a recording saying to call officer Brian john back and the other two times my answering machine picked up and left similar message.  I don't owe the IRS any money and if I did they would send notice in the mail not a phone call.  What people will do these days to steal money and identities from people.  I did a reverse look up on anywho and it didn't have an address or location for the number...it came up private caller on my caller ID....
LC
LC
2014-03-20 23:36:36
Unknown
I have the same problem. I had received the same two phone messages from two different places one from Sloughouse, CA 916-222-7426 and one from Washington DC 202-751-2479 threaten legal action  if I do not call them back.  I do not owe anyone money, so this is definitely a scam.  Watch out for those phone calls & do not give out any personal information.
TL
TL
2014-03-20 23:28:28
Unknown
This might be a scam
ativar
ativar
2014-03-20 16:51:19
Prank Call
This is, of course, one of the Eastern European schemes.  It is probably Lithuanian or Estonian:  Here's how it goes.  A message is left, mostly on seniors phones, that:  "Officer XXX of the IRS is calling and that you must call me back at my personal number immediately!"  If you call back, you will get this [as it happened to my wife!]:  "this is officer Eric Houston of the IRS how may I help you?  -you answer- 'I'm sorry but that officer is busy at the moment let me see if I can pull up your case, and help.  -you answer- "I need your SSN [not given], address and phone number [only phone given as they already have that from the call previous].  "Hold on please while I look at the file."  "You owe the IRS [not the Department of the Treasury] over $10,000 in back taxes and penalties!  You must pay immediately, or we will have the local police come and arrest you!'
- you of course are trying to explain all the while, to no avail - "The police will there in 30 minutes unless you give me your SSN and a secure form of payment for a down payment for the amount owed!"  AT THIS POINT HANG UP !!!!  Then call the FBI, and give them this, or any other number that is being used!  Next, go to the IRS web site at IRS.gov, go to the fraud page, and put in what happened so they can do with it what they will.  For Heaven Sake, do not give them any other information that they can use!  And do not give them any kind of payment!
Anwar
Anwar
2014-03-18 14:39:48
Unknown
I received a call today from this number. He left a message that he is an officer Brian Robert that I should contact him immediately otherwise the consequenses  will be bad for me. The call originated from DC. Last week I received the identical call originating from CA (916-222-7426)  but this was a lady identified herself as Julia Roberts.
Of course I ignored both calls and  blocked them on my phone. Must be some kind of scam.
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