Got three call today.  One, on my message machine two others one hour ago by a man calling himself Adam Jones.  Claimed to be from the US Treasury.  India or Pakistani accent.  I asked him how he got my phone number but he would not answer me.  I asked what are the office hours of the Treasury department and he said 9:30- 5:30, but you are calling me after 6pm, I told him.  He hung up on me when I question him from what office he was from.  I called back the number he left on the answering machine and the call does not even connect.  Just decided to research the phone number and got to read all these responses.  I will report the prank calls to FTC.

Just got the call!! Heavy indian accent.  Said his name was Chris Carter.  Demanded to intimidate us that if we do not pay taxes owed, we would be arrested.  He became very hostile when we started asking for information from him. Told me that if we hung up, there would be serious implications.
So, we hung up. Waiting for the police officer to show up....

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

?is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
?refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
?asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
?exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

?Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.?Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
?Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
?Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
?Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

Received 8 calls from 347-926-7029 leaving messages claiming to be from Department of Legal Affairs US Treasury claiming a relative had a big legal problem and that they had to call back. Gave his name as Alex Young on one occasion then Alex Carter. Very poor English. I guess people do fall for this but if you are called do NOT give out any personal information. This is a SCAM

Person said they were with United Treasury, Legal Enforcement Action and I was to call a Mr. Daniel Rich to receive my case number.  If I did not call back within the hour, they will be forced to take action and arrest me.  He could not give me any details, he was just the messenger.

A male person asked for my husband and I told them he wasn't home and he left his name, Mark Gibson, with a heavy India/Pakistanian accent, saying he was with the IRS.  I just took the number and looked it up, as we don't owe anything to the IRS, and found the postings here, online.

Man with heavy Pakistanian accent called saying he is from Legal Affairs department of US Treasury and was in reference t tax debt. Said his superior is Dan Hildreth (or Hildridge) if I wanted t speak to him. Also said I could speak to Steve Sebastian. I have no legal tax debt pending so this is a scam. I told him I would be looking into the matter and hung up on him.

We received a call from this number today (347-926-7029) and the man with a very, very heavy Middle Eastern accent (the very same man that has called several times leaving messages from the phone number 347-926-7026) saying his name is Mark Gibson and today he was from the Department of Justice (the other days he's from the Department of Legal Affairs).  He said if we don't call back my hubby will be in very serious trouble and needs to pay his fines or he will have time in jail immediately.

Today they called at 7:30am to Indiana (the 347 area code is Far Rockaway, NY) so it would 8:30am in NY.  My hubby happened to be home still so he answered and the man told him police were on their way to get him and if he would pay they could be called off.  Hubby told him some not nice things, told him to quit calling and the man told him he is going behind bars soon and hubby hung up.

I looked up the phone number to try to get an address and just got the city and state (Far Rockaway, NY).  I did find out that the phone number is from Peerless Network and I called them to report what has been going on with their phone numbers (1-888-380-2721 Peerless Network number).  If you push for customer service you get a recording so they must know stuff like this is going on and they say to leave the phone number that called you, your phone number and the reason and they will contact the caller and "ask" them to quit calling you.  They say they are a company for businesses; however, they can't regulate what is done and they know some are telemarketers.  Well, this is beyond telemarketing and I feel the numbers need to be disconnected!

I am calling our local police department to report it so hopefully they can get a notice out to other residents in our town through the water bill.  Right now it's just in the local newsletter that people get when they sign up to get it so I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that don't know about this yet.

We need to have some way of fighting back.  I'm going to look into contacting the Attorney General.

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

Man w/ Indian accent pretends to be from the IRS...says that the IRS has sent numerous letters, warnings and is now persuing legal action.  IRS never calls anyone.  Hang up and report this guy.

This is another phony scam caller that has a heavy Indian accent....uses bogus IRS codes to scare call recipient to reveal vital personal information.  Don't engage in conversation with this person.  He is phishing for information.  Just hang and report it to the local authorities....

Scam associated with 347 671 0307.  A person supposedly Dan Rich (with a very heavy indian accent) who threatens you with an "affidavit"  on three points: 1. Violation of federal tax code, 2. Malicious utterence of commercial instrument (whatever that is), 3.  Theft by deception.

Don't be fooled.  The IRS never asks for lawyers