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Elspeth
Elspeth
2014-05-24 14:58:10
Debt Collector
Good grief.  Why don't you take your fairy tale elsewhere - no one believes you - this is what the IRS says about this SCAM!  

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 tophishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.
XYZ
XYZ
2014-05-24 14:00:33
Unknown
100 % Scam


http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam

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Mohammed
Mohammed
2014-05-22 20:14:13
Unknown
This is real, and I don't think so that this is a scam. They called me first and told me that I have to pay taxes because i have send money to overseas to my family member( and that was true). However I still said them no i did not send any money. They said me that we have the records that I have send by money gram. I still said that no i did not. They told me that we are putting you under investigation for 72 hours, and than they said me that we need to send the cops at your home address. I said no problem send the cops, lets see what happen. In next 15 mins the cops were really at my door step. they took to police station and started investigation. I try to said the cops that I thought that it was fraudulent so I did not entertain them. Than they said that you have not paid the tax, for the money which I have send to overseas in Bangladesh.  
sarah
sarah
2014-05-21 22:59:40
Unknown
same message looking for money  multiple calls from multiple numbers
Wash Out
Wash Out
2014-05-21 20:32:40
Unknown
SCAM! Don't give them any information, much less answer the phone should they call again. Only an idiot would call and warn someone they are about to be arrested, and, well, the majority of these debt collectors are below the idiot level.
GLORIA
GLORIA
2014-05-21 20:28:01
Unknown
I GOT A STRANGE CALL FROM THIS NUMBER TELLING ME THAT I HAD AN HOUR AND HALF TO PAY $729.00 OR THE COPS WOULD BE AT MY DOOR
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