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Got a call from someone pretending to be from the IRS.  Scam caller.

Confirmed fraud attempt. 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/irs-scams-call-for-action

Perfect advice. I called back this number freaked him the F#^$ out. He did not realize, regardless of using a 'spoof' line or 'magicjack' line, the fraud center is obligated by law to trace to the IP address and report it to law enforcement. Often Voip lines cannot use Tor/Onion alternate IP addresses, because the IP address must remain constant for the connect.

********BE AWARE!  THESE ARE SCAMMERS and SCAM -- NUMBERS!  THESE PEOPLE CALL YOUR HOME PHONE, CELL PHONE, SEND TEXTS ETC.....THESE SCAMMERS CALL FOR VARIOUS SCAMS...THEY PRETEND TO BE THE I.R.S., LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PROBATION AGENCY, COLLECTION AGENCY, BANK, TECH SUPPORT FROM A MAJOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMPANY FOR YOUR COMPUTER, MOVING COMPANY AND LOTS MORE!
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM AND DO NOT GO AND PULL OUT MONEY AND TRANSFER TO A MONEY CARD YOU CAN BUY FROM A SUPERMARKET ETC..AND GIVE THEM THE NUMBERS ETC...DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR INFORMATION, DO NOT GIVE MONEY OR ACCOUNT NUMBERS, DO NOT GIVE ANY OTHER PERSONS INFORMATION....CALL THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AND REPORT...ANY NUMBER THAT CALLS YOU AND SCAMS YOU PUT NOTES IN THE COMPUTER FOR OTHERS TO BE AWARE....THESE PEOPLE HAVE SCAMMED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF MILLIONS  OF DOLLARS ALL OVER THE US AND OVER SEAS...THEY ARE FROM OVER SEAS OR WITHIN THE US THAT HAVE THE PUBLIC PHONE NUMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD...THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS OR A GROUP THAT WORK IN THEIR HOME OR IN A ROOM AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO ALL DAY TO UNEXPECTING PEOPLE.....DO NOT GIVE THEM INFORMATION.  CONFRONT THEM THAT YOU KNOW THEY ARE SCAMMERS AND THAT YOU WILL REPORT THEM...REPORT THE PHONE NUMBER...AGAIN DO NOT GIVE OUT INFORMATION OF ANY SORT...SS#, ACCOUNTS, PASS WORDS, OR TRANSFER MONEY ETC...DO NOT REPLY TO THEIR TEXTS, EMAILS  ETC....

Avoid the tech support phone scams
Cybercriminals might also call you and claim to be from Microsoft. They might offer to help solve your computer problems or ask you to go to a website to download software so they can access your computer, where they can do the following:

•    Trick you into installing malicious software that could capture sensitive data, such as online banking user names and passwords. They might also then charge you to remove this software.
•    Take control of your computer remotely and adjust settings to leave your computer vulnerable.
•    Request credit card information so they can bill you for phony services.
•    Direct you to fraudulent websites and ask you to enter credit card and other personal or financial information there.
GOVN'T or ANY COMPUTER software COMPANY personnel do not make unsolicited phone calls (also known as cold calls) to service your computer.
•    Government or any computer company  does provide “remote” or “over the phone support”; however, do not accept support unless you or your Departmental IT Liaison have opened a ticket with your companys  Help Desk.

Telephone tech support scams: What you need to know
Cybercriminals often use publicly available phone directories so they might know your name and other personal information when they call you. They might even guess what operating system you're using.

Once they've gained your trust, they might ask for your user name and password or ask you to go to a website to install software that will let them access your computer to fix it. Once you do this, your computer and your personal information is vulnerable.

Do not trust unsolicited calls. Do not provide any personal information or Company login information – user ID or password.

Here are some of the organizations that cybercriminals claim to be from:
•    Windows Helpdesk
•    Windows Service Center
•    Microsoft Tech Support
•    Microsoft Support
•    Windows Technical Department Support Group

How to protect yourself from telephone tech support scams:
If someone claiming to be from tech support calls you and you are not having technical issues:
•    Ask for their name and work phone number and tell them that you will call them back.  If there is, hang up and report the incident to your companys IT Help Desk.

•    Never give control of your computer to a third party unless you can confirm that it is a legitimate representative of a Company IT computer support team with whom you are already a customer.
•    Take the caller's information down and immediately report it to your local authorities (FBI etc.) and the IT Help Desk at your company.

What to do if you already gave information during an unsolicited service support phone call
If you think that you might have downloaded malware from a phone tech support scam website or allowed a cybercriminal to access your computer, take these steps and contact the IT Help Desk at your company or the computer company's IT dept support (Dell, Sony etc..) and find out what you can do or take it to a reputable place to fix...
******    Change your computer's password, change the password on your main email account, and change the password for any financial accounts, especially your bank and credit card.

Treat all unsolicited phone calls with skepticism. Do not provide any personal information.
If you receive an unsolicited call from someone claiming to be a support technician and you are not sure, hang up and report the incident to the IT Help Desk at your company or proper authorities. Governmen entities and compouter software companies (Dell, Sony, Mac etc..)  do not make these kinds of calls.

SCAM caller asked for me by name.  Claimed to be from the Federal Trade Commision on Black Friday.  We terminated the call.

3/6/18 Recvd msg from this number stating Federal Trade and to call back and reference
file#  xxxx.  I deleted this msg immediately & never called back.

Yes gave a code on answering service and mentioned 2 departments of government. 7k was money to receive.

These scammers were brash enough to leave a voice mail on my cell: This is the Department of treasury <sic - lower case> confirms your approval of benefits from the government under American recovery and reinvestment act for a Grant amount of $7000..." blah blah blah. I have a file number and a phone number.

Claimed to be from the "Federal Grant Dept" telling me my name and number was selected randomly to receive a grant of $7,000.  I called them back so I could thank President Trump personally.  Whoever answered had mediocre English skills that I could barely hear over all the others answering calls in the background in what sounded to me like Indian accents from all of them.  OBVIOUSLY A COMPLETE SCAM..

Recorded calling said IRS going to sue me

Called me stating I had received a $7000 non-refundable, tax free grant. Definitely a scam.

Same 7000 grant scam....Can't believe they're brazen enough to actually leave a message

Got a call, showed from Egypt, let it go to voicemail, it stated a nonrefundable and nontaxable with a case file number.  Scam.  Also can listen to the robo message online.