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Received call on landline 8/21/14 2:34 p.m. PST.  I rarely pick up calls unless I know the number, so I let it go to the machine.  Was a robo call (wireless call per my Caller ID) claiming to be IRS.  Yeah, right.  

A guy called me 8/25/14, claiming to be a federal investigator called Ethan McCoy. He'll tell you there is a criminal case filed against you. Don't give out any info.

Got the call from this # claiming to be officer kevin jones with the IRS..thick indian accent. beware..scam

Confirmed fraud attempt (IRS script). 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

Reported to Level 3

Received a recording message pretending to be from IRS. The message said to call IRS immediately or they will take a legal action.

Called and wanted me to call 8669784810 to claim a prize for a contest I won in New York but they couldn't contact me directly.

Called and wanted me to call 8669784810 to claim a prize for a contest I won in New York but they couldn't contact me directly.

I answered this call thinking it was legit since it had a Washington DC number the persons name said he was Frank Mendez and he worked with Financial Crime Enforcement (division of the treasury department) after speaking with him I decided to look his number up and found this. Beware he can access quite a bit of your financial information and online transactions.

said I own then 3000.oo for fraud .