202-760-2470

IRS Telephone Scam: Woman with a possibly Indian accent left a message on our home machine stating that she was calling from the "Legal Affairs of the Department of U.S. Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service." She said they have a legal affidavit concerning tax fraud on our name, and we needed to call 202-760-2470 as soon as possible or face legal consequences. I assume they will want money from us. I ignored them.

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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). 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

we had someone call us from this number and he said he was with the IRS and they were going to send the cops out to arrest us if we didn't pay them $3500 because of something that wasn't paid for.  When we told them we didn't have that type of money he said to give him $500 as good faith money.  

DO NOT FALL FOR IT this is a scam!!!!

Got the exact message today.

I got 2 calls from this number today. just like everyone's call...IRS...tax fraud....blah,blah,blah. I am on the do not call list

Received a call and a recording from this number today at my residence. Called back from work and talked to someone supposedly from the IRS. He claimed I was being audited for fraud forTax Years 2008 thru 2012. He provided an address in DC, but missed on quite a few other questions I threw at him. Obvious scammer. Had some fun with him though. I guess local Law Enforcement will at my door soon to arrest me (lol). WIll be submitting report to TIGTA and possibly FTC.

The guy that called me was disgusting, crude, and I eventually hung up on him. They call now at least twice a day. I ignore the calls but they leave voice-mails. So tired of them calling. My husband blocked one number but they have different numbers they are calling from now. Today it was a woman, the few weeks it was a man. Same line: Tax fraud, warrants out for my arrest, call them immediately, tax evasion, etc... sigh.

Got same type of call.....wanted to speak to spouse ONLY!  Indian girl, phone showed call from Washington.  Very rude and said it was URGENT.  I asked hours of business (10 -5) and when i told her he wouldn't be able to call during those hours, she said they would not be responsible for any repercussions.

I just got a call from the same number (202-760-2470 ex. #6107):
Lisa Jackson (reading from a script claiming to be from the IRS) stated that I owed $ from 2008-2012.  I asked for her extension and told her I would call back.  Obviously this is some kind of scam...I was told the IRS would never initiate a case against anyone via phone call, it is always done by mail.  

Hope someone catches these SOB's!

I just got a call from the same number (202-760-2470 ex. #6107):
Lisa Jackson (reading from a script claiming to be from the IRS and very hard to understand) stated that I owed $ from 2008-2012.  I asked for her extension and told her I would call back.  Obviously this is some kind of scam...I was told the IRS would never initiate a case against anyone via phone call, it is always done by mail.  

Hope someone catches these SOB's!

Same message, supposedly the IRS calling to let me know I have backed taxes. They asked to pay now or face consequences. It was a guy with strong Indian accent. Repeatedly asked for my name and got angry when I didn't give it to him.  

I got a similar call. I think the authorities should be notified.

They called again this morning.....same girl....i interrupted her n said TRAP TRAP TRAP n she immediately hung up!  Definitely a SCAM!

We reveiced this call via a Voicemail today.  They left a message saying they were the "Legal Affairs of the Department of U.S. Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service."  Stated that we had a fraud on our taxes and needed to call them back.  We knew right away it was a scam.  I called anyway to get more info.  I introduced myself as an investigator.  The man on the other end had either an Indian or a Pakistani accent.  He kept pretending to be with the IRS, and asked me to meet him at the IRS building, and gave me a badge number, then hung up.

Same phone call yesterday! This is ridiculous, Irs doesnt call they send letters!

They keep calling I keep ignoring.  Congress Help!

Robot-like voice (female) telling me that the IRS has put out a warrant for my arrest for fraud. Uhhh, nope nope nope. Hung up at that.