585-633-1792

This person with a heavy foreign accent, called stating he was with the IRS and that if I didn't call immediately, it would be disastrous for me!

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 to phishing@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-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam

Same here. We didnt pick up because we suspected it to be a scam but they left a voice message. half way through they started laughing

My husband got that call this morning and totally freaked. I looked up the number and he couldn't believe it was a scam. That's why I never pick up unless I know who's calling. If they don't leave a message, I block it.

Got this phone call this morning. They then proceeded to call 7 more times and leave a voicemail for each. Each time they said they were sending the cops to come get me. It's been about 3 hours now and still no cops.

Very rude. Claim he is from IRS.

This person ( BOY OR MAN called, I could tell it was phony his Asian accent was so thick I could hardly understand him.I know that most government called at least mention who they are before they break into what they want. The only words I could understand was audit/ tax/ income tax. I asked him if it was Income from Hong Kong... he hung up! Desperate people  do desperate things. I think Ill get my whistle out!!

Just got call this morning, foreign sounding guy w/heavy accent, said his name was Frank Watson, not likely.  Same scam.

A foreign accent lady called and left a lengthy message that I owe money to IRS. If me or my lawyer don't call there will be severe consequences. I try to call them back but message box is full.

I have recieved the same call today 2/21/2014 @ 8:00AM from the same phone# 585-633-1792, a person with a foreign accent
saying that he is from IRS and to discuess money owed. I hanged up on him. Please be aware of such activities, there is still a lot of scams out there. people trying to scame good people out of thier hard earned money.

I got a phone call from this same exact number. He had a very thick accent and sounded like he was so far away. He asked for someone else. I told him wrong number. I hung up and 2 seconds later he called again. My caller ID said it was the YMAX COMMS CORP from Rochester NY.

just got the same call.  very rude, heavy accent, very urgent. called on my personal cell phone and then asked for my husband and then left message with me.  I asked what it was regarding and he said he must call me as soon as possible to discuss this issue!

Just got a call from this number with some guy with a thick foreign accent, I couldn't even understand half the stuff he was saying. He was talking about some money owed to the IRS? It sounded like he was reading from a prompt, needless to say I hung up immediately after he didn't know what IRS stood for.

Just got a call from this indian guy accent. He gave me his name, "David Cook" and claimed he was from the IRS.  I thought it was legit until I searched up the number and found him. He got more agitated every time I didn't understand what he said. The ID came up as Rochester, NY.

I got the call today from Dan Brown of IRS. I know that is the name of a famous author, so I was suspicious. He had such a thick accent I could barely understand him. I said the IRS doesn't call, please send me a letter and hung up on him.

I got the call from this this number  with a man who has  thick  foreign accent.   He claimed  he is from IRS.
I told him to shut up. This phone number is scam.

My 90 yr old mother got a call today from David Cook, who has a thick foreign accent and claims he works for the IRS. My mother could not understand him and so he finally gave up and hung up. Caller id shows the call was from Rochester, NY. He said he had an issue to discuss with her about her income taxes. This was all recorded on her answering machine.

Report these calls to the real IRS here:

IRS:   http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

•If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
•If you don’t owe taxes, call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

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I received message from this phone number.
I know I don't owe any thing to IRS so O told him to Shut up and hang up the phone.

I got the same message from +1 (585) 633-1792 claiming to be "Agent Parker" from the IRS. He had a thick accent and pronounced my name wrong. He called 3 times on two different days and left two voice mails.