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Man in halting English claiming to be Patrick Cooper from IRS called about vague issues that I have and wished me good luck if he did not hear back from me or my attorney.  Smells like a major scam.  I have NO issues with the IRS.

Got another call message from "internal revenue service" urging me or my attorney to call them. Heavy accent and halting english withe same "script" as the first one I got. Other number was 845-445-4430. First one was from an Agent Cooper. This one was from Agent Hofstadter. The next one should be agent Wolowicz. Must be Big Bang Theory watchers.

OK I got a 3rd call from a Washington DC number 202-239-2903 using the same script and all calling from a cell phone. Another poster had posted this and I copy it here for your info.

" This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.  
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm

As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.

2) Help kill their phone lines. The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)

3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-a9526ebadc65cf9/ ... 558497927242748 "

Agent Patrick Cooper strikes again. Sounds like an Indian accent. Asks to have our attorney call them (the IRS). My hubby (from a different line)called the number to see if they would answer. When they answered "criminal investigation unit of the IRS" hubby pretended to be trying to reach best buy and got off the phone. A scam, I truly hope others do not get suckered.

Same IRS scam!  I will have to re-install one of my caller apps that reports these spam callers.

Same thing.   4 calls in last 24 hours.  Do people really fall for this?

Yep, this is the third time they have called me.  Claimed the sheriff would be here tomorrow to arrest me.  I told him I would take my  chances then!  Wanted  my attorney to contact them regarding my owing the IRS.