216-242-1287

Tax evasion scam call - The guy was not even speaking clear English.

IRS scam call, fraud, this one left a msg

Call came from ''216-242-1287'' and said he was with the IRS Tax evasion division and I would have to call back before they take any action against me.

Yep, the ol' tax evasion fraud -- this is HIGHLY illegal activity, claiming to represent a government agency and threatening people with legal action.This is a serious, serious crime, and the IRS is aware of it. From their website:

IRS-Impersonation Telephone Scam
An aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, but are not. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. They may know a lot about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling.

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.
Or, victims may be told they have a refund due to try to trick them into sharing private information.
If the phone isn't answered, the scammers often leave an “urgent” callback request.
Note that the IRS will never: 1) call to demand immediate payment, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill; 2) demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe; 3) require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card; 4) ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone; or 5) threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.

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Please do not respond to these criminals, and never, ever give them one iota of personal info, much less credit card, bank account or social security numbers. They are the lowest sort of scum. Report them to the IRS, to your statet's Attorney General's office, the FCC, and any other agency you can think of. They're almost impossible to track down because of phone spoofing, etc., so your best defense is to tell them to FOAD and then hang up. If it's a recording, just erase it.

I mean, unless you want to call them back and mess with their heads just for fun. Cuz I'm evil that way...lol.

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Yes, this is fraud scheme going around. Seems to be operated by a bunch of Indians. Oh, excuse me...southern Asians. Lowlife animals is the proper term for these thugs.

Tied up their line for an hour today, though.

This exact thing happened to me 3 months ago, i was so scared. These people are scumbags. I just got a call from this number(different then before).

I'm a CPA. This is a scam. DO NOT CALL these people. The IRS does not make such calls.

This is so annoying. I'm unclear why they for my cell number. This calls are occurring very regularly now under different numbers each time

filipino lady...left message on my cell  -very garbled. phoned again to my cell phone number..this time i answered ...irs saying they are going to audit.  not sure how they got my cell number - was a very bad connection.  glad this site is here. that's how i can tell this is a scam-thanks everyone!

Caller called himself Officer Mark Brown from the IRS, apparently tried several times today before leaving a message. Told me to return his call at his desk!  216-242-1287 or bad things would ensue,   Wow, no voice mail hell from this guy! Not a native English speaker but more fluent than other scum who have tried this scam on me.

tax fraud judgment accusation....after calling back and I was hung up on, this idiot called me again!

Same comments as above...This guy keeps calling despite me calling back; he hung up on me!

Some Indian guy with a fake Midwestern accent pretending to be from the IRS.

Total scam - IRS doesn't make threatening phone calls

Yup- called me too. "Officer Mark Brown ", in my case, talked with a fake Brooklyn accent. It's a real shame that these a*wipes, along with the "Microsoft technicians" who've somehow discovered my PC is loaded with viruses and will rescue me from them, aren't all just lined up and shot! (Yeah- seems harsh, but I'd bet it'd cut down on the number of these calls...)

An "officer mark brown" calling about irs obviously trying to hide and accent and failing at it.

If indeed you owe IRS - IRS will send you a letter not call you and threaten to have you thrown in jail. I work for a Attorney's office in California and I have dealt with all sorts of scammers. The only thing I can advise is please report this to the FBI - https://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx?

Call from" IRS" agent ..threatening legal action for fraud if not called back promptly...

Got the fake IRS message. Scum!