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Mechanical voice mentions something inaudible regarding an IRS report...did not identify business being represented. I hung up immediately

1/29/08 Message about an IRS TRPN same as others reported.  Weird, can't figure what the scam is.

2-1-08 Same message about the money been paid to me in 2007 and if obtained the w-9 form from IRS. Scam.

I got this today--and last year i think.  I ignored the message, too

Recieved this call on my cell phone. Did not pick-up - they left VM.

"Thank you for calling" it all this said. Got this call 2/6/08 @ 2:45 Mountain Time.

Just tried to call them back a male voice says:

"..emonstration system - please enter the image number you would like to recieve." I think that supposed to be "Demonstration System" but gets clipped at the beginning.

I tried a bunch of numbers, but only got, "Invalid image number or menu entry".

Called and said something about an IRS report and asked that I enter my fax # I think its a scam. Some one should do something about this.

I just go the same call.  http://www.naswnyc.org/Private%20practice%20committee/specialalert.htmlHere is a link about a company name of TRPN..

This is what the website from the above link stated:


Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers
(October 2007)

Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo.com),  to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns.  With input from NASW-NYC’s Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Mr. Eric R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others.



The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple “robo-call” telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message.  Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction.



Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN  misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract.



When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option.

In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General’s Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid.



Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case.  The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available.

I just received a call from this number with no message left on my machine.  Comes one day after receiving my third call from a strange caller ID #026-30.  The first two calls left unintelligible messages something like...blah blah blah, patient reports, blah blah, send fax number.  The third call I answered and insisted to be removed from the calling list.  Apparently my request was ignored.

Just called me. Nice timing too -- right after the tax deadline. Is there some reason these folks can't be prosecuted?

Obviously a recording which said, "Insurance carriers and payers report that there have been  people who have been using your services and making payments in 2007.  If you want a copy of IRS Form W-9 and a TRPN participation agreement please dial '1'."    I am a massage therapist; so, I was curious.  I did dial "1" but all it did was repeat the same message.

I looked up the phone number on the internet and was priviledged to get to this site.  What they are doing appears to fraudulent is some ways.  I hope N.Y. gets off their duff and shuts them down.

recorded message TRPN IRS something??

I just got this robo message too!  same deal as previously described.

I get this call all the time... Anything that mentions the IRS is intimidating, and should be illegial!  (We happen to own a business - but not a health related one!)  

Thanks to this site for the information.  Anyone we can contact to report these calls??

same call today  was concerned at first but i know its a scam especially when you cant talk to anyone this needs to be stopped

Received several calls even though I am on the no call list.  I get alot of these when the new phone book comes out.  This one received particular attention as the machine mentioned the IRS. This site was helpful.

Received on our "outgoing" line (strange) on more than one occassion.  Same recording as stated in previous posts.  Thanks to this site, I know it doesn't pertain to our company and is unimportant.  We are a small company with NOTHING to do with Healthcare.  Strange indeed.

I do not have caller ID, so I used *69 to retreave the number.

hah, screened the call, then googled the number. Glad I did. Thanks for the post's guys.

Received on my cell phone today.  Epic fail in scamming; the recording had already started playing before I had answered the call.