301-836-6348

Scam IRS Call

Got called twice within 2 hours.

Claiming to be an officer John Parker with the irs he has a very heavy accent, clearly a scam

IRS caller with terrifying threats accusing me of fraud and prison time.

He was also a man named John Parker with the irs, heavy accent. He left an automatic message, on Thanksgiving day of all days, and told me I did some type of fraud and that if I did not call him back there will be serious consequences. Scared me to death!

This is an overseas scam. They are not interested in holidays, laws or anything else.

Yes, I got he same IRS scam call. That there has been a tax investigation and because I'm not starting the litigation process on the phone apparently the officers will come arrest me and I should just wait for them.

Received a call from this number also. Saying he was an officer of the law! When I called backed and asked who I was speaking with he would not give me his name without saying who I was. I told him no, tell me who you are and who u work for First! He hung up on me!!

I didn't answer but listened to voicemail.
A man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to speak clearly, saying he was an officer and I needed to return the call to 301-836-6348 or to have my lawyer call. What lawyer? He said there would be serious consequences leading to arrest if I avoided this call. At the end he said I wish you the best of a good luck............sounds bogus to me!!!!!

It is bogus - it's an overseas scammer trying to scare you into paying him money.

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 tophishing@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-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Kept calling and I finally called back and told him if he called one more time, I'm calling the authorities. We'll see if this works.

I just got the call 12/1/14 at 9:42AM - I live in Henderson, Nevada.

The voice mail took most of the call - when he said that their would be serious consequences if I or my attorney did not call him back I grabbed the phone and said "Why don't you go F*** yourself buddy" and hung up.  He didn't call back.

Yup, just got the same call for this idiot.  They must think all Americans are idiots too.   If he calls again I am going to blow an air horn into the phone.  At least he will loose his hearing.

I received 2 calls from this so called Officer. He left a voice message and his accent was Middle Eastern. I called the number and a recording stating magic jack and this number is not yet assigned to a customer.  My voice messages sounded like same person/persons who scammed me out of $600.00 the beginning of November. I alerted all Federal Agencies and my local police dept. They have several 800 numbers also.