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Scammers pretending to be the IRS. Because the IRS calls you from a Texas area code to tell you they're filing a lawsuit against you. Right...

Scammers pretending to be the IRS. Because the IRS calls you from a Texas area code to tell you they're filing a lawsuit against you.  Must be calling all over!!!

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration continue to hear from taxpayers who have received unsolicited calls from individuals demanding payment while fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS.
Based on the 90,000 complaints that TIGTA has received through its telephone hotline, to date, TIGTA has identified approximately 1,100 victims who have lost an estimated $5 million from these scams.
"There are clear warning signs about these scams, which continue at high levels throughout the nation,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Taxpayers should remember their first contact with the IRS will not be a call from out of the blue, but through official correspondence sent through the mail. A big red flag for these scams are angry, threatening calls from people who say they are from the IRS and urging immediate payment. This is not how we operate. People should hang up immediately and contact TIGTA or the IRS.”
Additionally, it is important for taxpayers to know that the IRS:
Never asks for credit card, debit card or prepaid card information over the telephone.
Never insists that taxpayers use a specific payment method to pay tax obligations
Never requests immediate payment over the telephone and will not take enforcement action immediately following a phone conversation. Taxpayers usually receive prior notification of IRS enforcement action involving IRS tax liens or levies.

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IRS scam call. Sad attempt to sound severe and official on the recording. Creeps...

I got a call twice and same stupid message saying the IRS is filling a lawsuit, HAHAHA, I called and its a dude from India.  I asked him who I am off my number and he said that he cannot give any information out and hung up on me.  He first asked me for my name, zip code and I stop'd him right there.  Bunch of douches.  I would love to go on a fun trip and find them and show them how America deals with 3rd worlds.

Please let me give you my social, and BTW want my bank account info to, I would be glad to give that to a non speaking English type of guy! WHY DO PEOPLE FALL FOR THIS???

Got one of these myself just a few minutes ago.  Knew not to answer it but was surprised to find a voice mail message was left.  Same as all the previous complaints:  Claiming to be IRS and demanding a return call, etc.  SCAM!!!! SCAM!!!!!  SCAM!!!!

They called again today.  They're idiots!  IRS DOES NOT CONTACT YOU BY CALLING.

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