202-241-7398

Received a call claiming to be legal dept of treasury.  The woman has an accent and wants me to call and get a lawyer. My name is involved in a fraud case. She said at the end to "have a blessed day."

This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.  
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm

As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.

2) Help kill their phone lines. The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)

3) 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 provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-a9526ebadc65cf9 ... 558497927242748

Got call didn't answer it. Not sure who it was .Didn't leave a message.

Just received this SAME exact message this morning, even with the "have a blessed day" ending.

She claimed to be an agent for the irs.  

I received the same call, called back and was prompted by the same woman's voice to leave a message. I did report it to the TIGTA, thanks  RexIRS for posting that link.

Just received the same call, but today is not the first day.  These people are persistent and continue to call you frequently.

Received phone call and message from 202-241-7398, allegedly from "Legal Affairs of US Dept. of Treasury" urging immediate call back regarding urgent fraud matter which they have been trying for months to contact.  Similar to prior accounts, it was an accented female voice, which concluded with a remark toward retaining legal representation.  Additionally, they claimed to have an affidavit which would be released to local authorities.

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Called Said it was the treasury office of the IRS fraud

I've gotten two voicemail messages from this number in the last two days.  Distinct foreign accent with the same information Department of Treasury, IRS Tax Fraud.  If I don't return the call they will report me to the local authorities.  Any yes, told me to have a blessed day.

I got same message left on my answer machine.  Said there was a fraud case pending against me, did not give my name. She had a accent from India.  Told me to get a legal representative to call her back..  Can't believe this is happening again.  Two months ago I had a similar call from a man with middle eastern accent that said he was from the IRS and would have me arrested.  That was an 800 number.  They are getting good using a number from the Washington DC area.

same scam happened to me- deleted message.
thanks

They are good at scamming, will give you an "IRS Badge Number" when you ask for the caller to identify themselves and you can hear multiple people in the background making similar calls.

Just had the same message on my answering machine. SO stupid!

I called them and gave them my name and they asked for a call back number. i should not have given this to them. Are they able to do anything with this information?

Their script goes roughly like this (I know this from numerous scambaiting calls; although there are different groups with slightly differing approaches, the original idea is the same everywhere):
When you call back they will first ask you for your telephone number. Why not your SSS or TIN? Their robocalls are systematic and based on lists with a small file attached to each number using information freely available over the internet (or sometimes compiled by less than honest call center workers). They will look up your file based on your number.
After they read their phony "affidavit" to you (can take several minutes) and threaten you with arrest within the next 45-60 minutes for tax fraud they will offer you a way out (because you have never been arrested etc.) by paying the IRS a fee that you have to transfer immediately (!) by "government certified bonds" (sometimes they use other lame explanations). These "bonds" turn out to be prepaid debit cards (like green dot money pak) and they will accept no other payment. They will ask you to take all the cash in your house plus whatever you can get out of an ATM, take it to the next CVS, Walgreens etc. that carries these cards (they will helpfully guide you to the nearest one using your address and - likely - google maps) and upload it onto the card. Then they ask you to read the codes from the back of the cards and while you are doing this they transfer it to different prepaid cards they have organized (or a paypal account) and the money is gone. Literally gone, you can't get it back and that's what they are after. All the while they make you stay on the phone so you can't call someone else or check the internet (which is an obvious risk to them as they might lose their grip on you), sometimes threatening you with jail time or other absurd things to keep you on the line. Senior citizens and immigrants are most vulnerable to this technique. Please spread this information as widely as possible to help protect others.

Also received call fro 202-241-7398. Very lengthy threatning phone call. Really freightened me. Woman had heavy accent. Said they were coming to arrest me in a few hours because I refused to pay and chose to go to court. I am a senior who believed this story until I called my Daughter.

Just got the same message. Does anyone really fall for this?

I got a call just today from these crazy people. It said the same stuff. I just reported them to the FTC... This is bull crap. Someone may fall for it but if we all keep posting this stuff it takes the power away from these idiots. Thanks for all your posts. It helped me know it was a total fake. So keep posting for others too.

Same scam.  Stupid guy gave me a call back number which wasn't even valid (a dead Magic Jack number 202-241-7504), so I called the number on caller ID 202-241-7507 and told him to come get me.