716-261-2183

Bad recorded voice claiming to be IRS..its a scam

These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.

If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.

By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.

Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.

They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.

Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.

The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.

If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/pf/taxes/irs-tax-scams/

Just received a call from this number. The voicemail was very bad quality and hard to make out anything other than the phone number to call back and the guy saying that I should not ignore this message and it is imperative that they hear from me or my attorney or there will be dire consequences. Claim to be the IRS. Right.

I been getting several calls that C. Kuhn has posted.  I called back the 716-261-2183 number. The person at the other end said that he was an IRS agent and that I was being investigated for IRS fraud. He then wanted to know how much money I had in my bank account. I told him that I am going to call the IRS to see if he was legimate. Forget about calling your local IRS office, they do not accept phone calls. So I have to go online to register this complaint.

Just got a call from this number saying he was from IRS and we better return the call.

Just received a call/voice mail message also from 716-261-2183, claiming his name to be officer Eric Foster.  He stated that I need to call his hotline to his division at 716-261-2183 asap and if I disregard his message or he doesn't hear from my attorney then all he can do is wish me good luck and the situation falls back on me.

I have also received a call from this number claiming tax fraud. His name was Officer Sean White. But he basically said that I'd have to pay the 4,000 dollars or they'd put liens on my house and garnish my wages. I have had no luck contacting the IRS to question this call because I can't find a number to call. Do you have a number for that purpose? And can you tell me how to register a complaint with the IRS?

Thanks

Use the 1-800 number in this warning from the IRS

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

But be aware, budget cuts have reduced the staff answering the phones at the IRS offices.

Thanks Mike - appreciate the info

Number called me and said they were the IRS. After I told them that they are a bunch of scammers and that he should really get a life he started swearing at me and also threatened me!

Received urgent VM with threat if I or my attorney don't respond immediately. Said officer Eric Foster. Hotline divisionist? Foreign accent. Lotta background noise like call center. Wished me luck if I don't respond like I will be in big trouble! Time sensitive. Gave cb number. Said a situation badly would fall on me.

Got the same call/voice mail message also from 716-261-2183 just like everyone else except did not say IRS, claiming his name to be Eric Foster.  He stated that I need to call the hotline to his division at 716-261-2183 when I get VM and not to disregard his message or he doesn't hear from my attorney then all he can do is wish me good luck and the situation falls back on me.

Also received threatening VM from this number.  Man with accent who didn't bother to leave a name but threatened that something bad would happen to me if I didn't return call.  Also said, "good luck if you don't take the time to call me back.  You WILL be in big trouble."  This type of scam needs to be stopped.  Isn't anyone monitoring these companies.

officer derek foster, if you dont return this call or your attorney you will be sorry... i returned the call and asked for officer derek foster, he spoke with a heavy accent. he sai d you mother  f---- you mother---f------ i will kill you. i said why are you saying this and wh0  are you and again began  with the m f words and i hung up....

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM OFFICER ERIC FOSTER STATES I HAD BETTER RETURN THIS CALL OR MY ATTORNEY OR I WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.. I RETURNED THE CALL , HE SAID HIS NAME WAS SEAN FOSTER, I ASKED FOR HIS ID NUMBER, HE SAID HIS BADGE NUMBER WAS 20109, I TOLD HIM THE IRS DOES NOT CALL PEOPLE AND WHO IS HE, I TOLD HIM I WAS TRACING HIS CALL HE GOT NASTY AND SAID WE ARE COMING TO KILL YOU , ALLAH IS GREAT AND AMERICA WILL BE DEAD SOON, WE WILL HAVE JIHAD IN AMERICA BECAUSE YOU LET US IN YOU STUPID AMERICANS. YOU WILL DIE, ALL OF YOU BY BIO AND NUKE BOMBS, YOU WILL CHOKE ON YOUR OWN BLOOD, HE HAD A MIDDLE EAST ACCENT AND I TRACED THE NUMBER TO BUFFALO NY, IN ERIE COUNTY, PHONE SERVICE IS INFO TELECOM, LLC ZIP CODE IS 14203. OF COURSE THIS MIGHT BE A HACKED NUMBER.

I got the exact same message.  Guessing nothing actually happened?  It sounds like a bad recording so i'm guessing it's a scam.

received A call from 716 261 2183 asking for my name saying he was irs and I was in trouble and when I wouldn't give it to him he threatened to f*ck me so hard so I hung up

Just got a call from this number. Just like the other people mentioned the guy calling says I better not ignore the call and the "He wished me good luck if I didn't call him back. He also said he was some sort of officer I couldn't really hear the voice mail. Very bad quality. Scam!

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

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•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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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

I was just contacted on my mobile phone by these people and reported it to TIGTA. Definite foreign accent with lots of noise in the background. Sounds a little Italian with the funny way the caller says some of the English words he used, though I'm probably wrong in that as I'm no expert at all.