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IRS phone scam threatening legal action

This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for this.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone. The scammers use voice over IP lines (e.g. magicjack (Ymax corporation)). This is always against these companys' terms of use and can lead to termination of their contract. However only law enforcement can initiate the contact if you yourself are not a customer. Therefore, report it also to your local law enforcement agency. Ultimately this is a case for the FBI legal attache in Islamabad or New Delhi. If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction (and the NSA can finally be a force for good).

You can use the following template for your letter or email:

Senators
Use the district office address of your senator as displayed on http://www.senate.gov/ 
Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Mailing Address of District Office
City, State, Zip Code

Representatives (House)
Use the district office address of your district representative as displayed on
http://www.house.gov/
Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States House of Representatives
Mailing Address of District Office
City, State, Zip Code

Dear Senator/Representative XXX

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to demand decisive action from the FBI, the IRS and other federal agencies against organized crime directed against American citizens from abroad.

As widely reported by local and national media all across the United States and warned about by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (see http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm) a tidal wave of fraud using Internet phones has hit the United States. Millions of dollars already have been stolen by criminals impersonating federal officers while hiding in countries like India and Pakistan, where most of the calls originate. There seems to be no end of it in sight.

I have personally been targeted by these scammers but it is the most vulnerable among us that I am concerned about primarily. The scheme is specifically singling out those that can least defend themselves against these crimes, in particular the elderly. I am also worried that given the origin of these gangsters, the money stolen from US citizens may be used for financing of terrorism or other activities directed against the national interests of the United States. But in spite of this clear and present danger to our country and its citizens I have seen no action worth mentioning by the FBI, the IRS or other federal agencies so far.

As a member of Congress overseeing the law enforcement agencies tasked with fighting fraud and ensuring national security, I implore you to make sure that they act on these threats and are given all the necessary resources to target these criminals in cooperation with foreign law enforcement.

Yours sincerely

I received a call at my place of employment saying that our boss had committed tax evasion from 2008-2013 in the amount of $1951 and if I didn't take action right now and pay the amount that within thirty minutes three police officers would come and arrest her (even though the person they were talking about is a male) and she would be in jail for 72 hours and they were going to block all her accounts and garnish all her belongings if we didn't pay when I told them this sounded like a scam b/c i know for a fact that he didn't commit tax fraud he said ok and hung up on me. He reported his name was Officer John Poco from the IRS or a company that was approved by the IRS to collect so the case would be closed he was very hard to understand he had an accent and the line quality wasn't the best

IRS scam saying the IRS has placed a warning against us and is monitoring our addresss

Scam phone message, heavy Indian / Pakistani accent, a few giveaway spoken English errors, stated name was "Patrick Acosta" (ha ha!) warned that IRS had issued an arrest warrant against me, and my physical address was being monitored, to call 202-241-1046 to resolve issue.

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.

Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $60.00 or so.

Bad quality VoIP line. Male Indian sounding voice left voicemail, saying that he was officer so-and-so coming for my arrest, or something. The line quality was so bad that I could not get the entire message.

The more interesting part is that apparently in the caller's country, people are getting intimidated by their government unless they pay a bribe. In the free world, it does not work like that, but those guys do not know that.

IRS claiming a warrant is out and the house is under surveillance.
Phone# 202 241 1046

See: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

total scam

See:  http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Indian sounding voice claimed my house is under surveillance by the IRS and an arrest warrant is issued against me.
what a SCAM.

I received a scam phone call from this phone number, a man with Indian- Pakistani accent claiming that I did not payed my due taxes and requesting 5000$ + - no credit or visa accepted. He was trying to intimidate me, that if I don't clear this payment at the end of the call, the police will come to my house and arrest me. I am really concerned, because he knew my name, phone number and address. After I hanged up with him, telling him that this is a scam, he left a very obscene language voice message.

We have received two calls/voicemails from " ??? investigation unit of IRS", approximately 2 weeks apart, warning that an arrest warrant has been issued for us (?) and that our physical address is being monitored. Foreign accent, hard to understand. Today we called the number and heard a message where the "agent" identifies himself as "Patrick (couldn't understand last name)".  

Left me message, he is from IRS telling me I owe IRS $2100.00 and wanted me to pay without any question. He can't tell me any explanation. He sounds like a mid eastern accent.

Got the same voicemail. Said it was IRS and my address was being monitored and to call back. I knew right away it was a scam though. Saw something like this on the news.

Called my phone waited to say hello. Said his name was officer Patrick Acosta has an accent. I hung up and blocked number
(202) 241-1046
DC, USA

The message was not clear but the name used was Officer Patrick DeCosta with Ex Grind investigation for the IRS and that an Urst Warning has been issued and that my physical address is being monitored.  I did my best as the recording was not sharp.  The male voice did have an accent , Indian , I think. Without thinking I returned the call and left a brief message on an answering machine .

I receive a call from a man with an accent like indian or pakistan living me a message about some issues with the irs and that there was a warrant for my arrest and that my fisical address was beeing monitored by the irs ,the message sound very unprofesional,  then i call back and the call went to a answer machine and said his name was Patrick D'costa with an indian accent. Totally Scam.

I also got a call except it went to voicemail. Automated voice message stated that i had a warrant out for my arrest & that my residence is being monitored. It didn't even say who the call was for. That call was so obvious. Lol!