202-697-9145

That's why you should of drawn the 'Community Chest' card instead of 'Chance'. Now read the card & 'Pay each player $200.00'. Got a spare 'Get out of jail free' card - only $50., or I'll take 'Reading Railroad' off your hands.

Got a call from the phone number 202-697-9145.  I didn't answer it, and he left a voice message.  He can't talk English if it was to save his life.  He said he was from the U.S. Treasury, and there is legal action against me!!  Yeah, right!!! He then says to call him so he can match up the right legal person for me!  What a crock!!!!

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

Received call 4:10 cst.  Didn't answer.  Speaking with an accent saying his name is Rick Brown Dod legal affairs and I'm facing prosecution tomorrow.. yeeeaah. . -_- okay. Good to know this is a crock.

Got the same call.  Really needs to learn English.  

"202"  area  code  fraud  scams  calls /   fake and   bogus    calls..............thanks....added  to  list  !!!

fake  phone  number....as  usual  !!!.....most  cases    scammers  using    google  voice  /  skype   /  majic  jack  etc...... (  voip )

NUMBERS   ARE   ALWAYS  FAKED /  SPOOFED...............THESE  ARE  FRAUD SCAMMERS  !!!!
( sorry  for the  long  list....but  people  have  to  know ! )  

NOTE  :  similar  calls  now  coming  in  from the    " 209"  area  code  !!!   (  same  crap )  

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202  "  AREA  CODE  FRAUD  SCAMS".........have  been  going  on  forever !!!
( already  addressed   here  and  in the forums a  million  times   already.......everyone  should  know  by  now !!!  ).

202  area  code  fraud  scams !!!!!

PLEASE  NOTE !!!   THESE  SCAMMERS  ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING   THE  US  GOV'T /  SEVERAL  GOV'T  OFFICES AND   PERSONS....BEWARE !!!

-  they  are   also  impersonating  DEA  officials  /  IRS  /  FAKE  LAW  FIRMS   etc....  with  threats  to  arrest you  unless  you  immediately  send money  via  wire   transfer /  western  union   to some   offshore  country  !!!!!   obvious  scam  !!!

some  are landlines...many  are  cell phones...some  are  spoofed  and  linked  to  offshore foreign call centers  /  countries !!!!
we've  traced  back  most  of  these  numbers  to  offshore  foreign    call centers mostly  in   INDIA /  THAILAND / AFRICA  /  JAMAICA  ETC....

here's a  few  other  numbers  posted  from  the   same  area  code  offering a  wide  variety  of  scams  /  fake  emails and  scams  after  posting  something  on   craigslist   (  old  scam  )  ...... collecting  for  non  existant  "  payday  loans "....free  money / scam  giveaways /  calling  on  behalf  of  a  humane  society..... $1,000's  in  free  gov't  money.........  etc  etc.....stories  change  out  all the  time......and  the  usual  nonsense!!!

**   mysteriously  call to  claim  they  have  several  thousand  of  dollars  to  send  you / give ....just  provide  your  bank  account and  credit  card   right  away   etc etc.........scam scam

several  of  these are  the  usual   long  ongoing  scams   such  as  :  you  have  won a  free  walmart /  bestbuy  gift  card....or  you  have  won a  free  ipad  etc......all  long  ongoing  scams............

some  identical  numbers scammers  are using  :




202-239-8615
202-697-9145
202-239-2226
202-506-8086
202-436-9939
202-241-8553
202-505-8086
202-241-8917
202-350-2716
202-666-1116
202-304-8101
202-506-9338
202-779-9626
202-241-8917
202-621-0770
202-657-6157
202-242-7889
202-407-9059
202-910-1390
202-239-2669
202-747-1794
202-666-1207
202-888-2828
202-697-9128
202-000-0000
202-803-4906
202-627-0179
202-888-2828
202-738-1971
202-888-0169
202-417-7173
202-888-6165
202-506-5346
202-994-7598
202-803-4954
202-567-7251
202-697-9914
202-697-7222
202-559-7648
202-803-4952
202-042-7473
202-666-2441
202-239-5591
202-559-7648
202-465-5586
202-470-5080
202-470-0741
202-470-3539
202-769-5243
202-657-5954
202-738-1682
202-803-0949
202-470-0949
202-888-2764
202-697-9034
202-684-7931
202-582-1234
202-621-0743
202-239-6225
202-621-0436
202-478-8098
202-800-5680
202-407-7221
202-552-1545
202-657-4485
202-684-6393
202-607-2732
202-657-6800
202-905-0682
202-215-2622
202-202-0000  ( fake  #  )
202-559-4661
202-684-6796
202-615-1823
202-239-0331
202-407-7213
202-657-6252
202-559-0667
202-558-4605
202-684-8305
202-785-5534
202-827-0661
202-621-0667
202-534-3926
202-599-8726
202-286-0705
202-559-0687
202-779-8686
202-234-3930
202-683-9875
202-405-4852
202-599-7894
202-895-0900
202-779-8686
202-738-5647
202-417-7606
202-403-4812
202-379-1926
202-644-8750
202-595-9420
202-870-5859
202-380-3449
202-674-8706
202-730-9951
202-684-2191
202-674-8789
202-615-5910
202-417-4483
202-664-2228
202-506-8939
202-640-5461
202-559-4645
202-674-2106
202-239-2860
202-470-0037
202-239-1271
202-379-1935
202-470-6720
202-505-6138
202-650-6145
202-715-6610
202-684-8622
202-800-5517
202-559-4664
202-436-9919
202-241-4267
202-827-0660
202-599-8821
202-407-9217
202-280-7882
202-391-0961
202-640-5457
202-640-5495
202-640-2926
202-559-7869
202-434-1317
202-738-9778
202-644-8989
202-730-9945
202-580-8490
202-827-1692
202-747-7372
202-280-7264
202-496-0986
202-556-4418
202-709-3010
202-445-7881
202-679-4428
202-905-0699
202-896-3563
202-351-3916
202-407-9198
202-684-6540
202-695-8604
202-304-5614
202-280-5502
202-800-5537
202-234-3930
202-354-8935
202-123-4567  
202-552-4779
202-249-7541
202-684-6934
202-657-6907
202-664-0962
202-674-4728
202-666-6887
202-657-5284
202-594-8012
202-640-5471
202-280-7039
202-499-1488
202-499-1612
202-427-2537
202-427-2637
202-747-7384
202-666-3431
202-657-5308
202-740-2504
202-738-1016
202-470-1411
202-719-2244
202-808-3679
202-666-1040
202-247-0078
202-666-4401
202-666-3304
202-408-5620
202-621-7457
202-709-5391
202-738-4127
202-666-5096
202-470-3641
202-709-8562
202-738-4703
202-800-5563

Received a call from (202) 697-9145, and they asked for my husband by name, and said that he was supposed to contact Lieutenant Dan and that he had an arrest warrant for my husband for money he owed.  I told them to F#### off!!!!  They have called back twice since then, I called the # back and it just rings and rings!  

I got a call from the same number.  The message was pretty much the same although I couldn't understand some of it. TERRIBLE ENGLISH !!

This is a legal tax office..
we should take care of our taxes..
Mr.HARVEY

yes i just take care of my taxes with them..
thank you so much Mr.Harvey !!!

This man called, first time it was a woman, and impersonated an IRS employee. When it became clear it was a scam he threatened to "press chargea" for what I have no idea. Then when I called back and told the man I knew this number was not who he said he hung up on me. Please beware, many have tried to take advantage of my fAther and this number is not the first. Seems like the target older people and try to scam them out of money. He started demanding my father pay sone thing immediately today! And when asked for his employee number or ID number he hung up on me. The audacity of this person blew my mind. Help spread the word, this is a SCAM!

Same here, Please give me a break,  have been calling back non stop but they don't seem to want to answer. I am so ready to tell them where they can go

I had a message from 202-697-9145 from a female who spoke poor English, saying she was from Legal Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department in regards to law enforcement action that has been started under my name. She said to call back or have my attorney to call.  Delaying to call would result in a legal mess for me. I had to listen to the message several times in order to understand it and I never could understand it word for word.

I have gotten calls like this from these people almost every 2 weeks for the last six months. This time I played along

them "...you will be arrested tomorrow morning"
Me "oh good"
Them "good?"
Me "ya, I spent the last 3 years in prison. I like life on the inside better. Besides I miss my friends on the inside. Do you need my address?"
Them "no it in the file"
Me "I doubt it's current. I just moved here last week  write this down its a strange address...2 middle fingers and it's straight not street. I know it's strange. The town is to its upur sand [***] [***]  florida."

click

Received call today from "Jake Taylor".  Sounded English or Pakistani.  I checked this website then called back.  Told him he was commiting a federal offence.  He hung up.  Called back and he said he was from the Legal Department.  Ludicrous.

we received the same caller here in ohio

got the same message as you told them I worked for the us treasury and funny then have never said I owed them money he got so upset and said he must have gotten the wrong number ha!

Received a phone call on my cell phone today - didn't answer it - from 870-555-0170 (area code is Arkansas) - voice message telling me to call 202-697-9145 (area code is Washington, DC).   "...treasury, impending your serious attention.  Ignoring this will be an intentional attempt toward initial appearance before a magistrate judge or a grand jury for a federal criminal offense. So, before this goes to federal claims courthouse, or before you get arrested, kindly call us back as soon as possible.  The number to reach us is 202-697-9145.  I repeat, 202-697-9145.  Thank you.  Have a nice day.  Bye, bye."

What a crock!  My taxes have been completed.  The guy had an accent. They can't really think people are stupid enough to fall for this.  I just checked out the numbers to possibly let others know.

Got the same phonecall saying I need to call them back to avoid being arrested or court marshaled for an unpaid loan. Good to know its a scam. Thanks!

The correct phrase is "court martial", but either way it's about as amusing as the shills on the prior page. A court martial is strictly conducted for and by military service members and concerns violations of military code, *not* the IRS tax code.