347-926-7026

they claim in message that they are the Department of illegal Defense at US Treasury, Irene Fernadiz is her name.

Wow.  Another new made up government department,  headed up by a new and innovative scammer....

Good grief can't we all just get along we are struggling enough as it is, let people live their lives taking care of families and self

A MAN HAS CALLED ME TWICE FROM THIS NUMBER USING ONLY  MY FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME. HE SAYS HIS NAME IS JUSTIN BLACK AND HE IS CALLING FROM THE DEPT. OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND SAYING THAT IF I DON'T CALL BACK THAT IT COULD TURN INTO A LEGAL AFFAIR FOR ME. HE HAS A FOREIGN ACCENT.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

•is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
•refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
•asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
•exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

•Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.•Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
•Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
•Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
•Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

I too have gotten a call from Irene Fernandez, calling from the same number, 1-347-926-7026. She claims to be from the Department of Legal Affairs and says that Enforcement Action is being initiated against me and that if I don't call back, I should have an attorney call them back asap. This appears to be a scam to scare people...

I received this call from the same person named Justin Black. The message was exactly the same.  This is a scam. Please help on how to report them to the authorities. Thank you.

Got a call today. Immediately seemed sketchy

They said they were from the IRS and I needed to pay a fine.  Totally bogus.  IRS will never call you for a payment over the phone.  Be nice to know who to call so they can get these guys.

Mine had an Indian accent really bad.  He claimed to be from IRS and that I owned a fine.

IRS: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
       http://www.irs.gov/
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_24016224/fremon ... ty-targeted-irs

I have been receiving calls from sereral 347 numbers over the last couple of months. They are claiming to be with the IRS and the Legal Dept. One of them was creative enought to give me an ext as well as an employee ID number. The best part is, they answer the phone, pretend t transfer you to the ext and they themselves are the same person! NONE of them speak English. When I began asking questions they typically hang up. I have had one of them go as far as to read me a 'legal' statement and claim they are recording it and in this statement the say they are coming to get me right now and take me to jail for 6 months for tax fraud. Again, when I began asking questions they hung up. They are very persistant in their calls, calling 4-5 times daily, but I have just stopped answering them and let them leave a voice mail.
I have also reported it to my local police dept who says they are aware of them, but unfortunately cannot do anything as the calls are coming from overseas. But they did direct me to this site in order to make others aware.

keep calling, I do not answer # that I don't no . Went to voice mail and no one left a message.

They sound very shady, and when I ask to many questions they can't answer, they hang up

I received a call from an Angela.she insisted if I hung up and did not pay money to IRS I would be arrested. I currently have a dispute with IRS. They frightened me to the point I almost gave it to them.
Why isn't the government doing something to protect the public from these awful people.i called her back today to ask her how much money they made today?

My client was called regarding a prior bill owed to the IRS.  The call was supposed to be from the IRS and wanted their money and  other information.  They were brave enough to give this phone number.  My clients were older and didn't know what to do so they called me to check.  I came up with this when I checked.  Be careful

Received a phone call from this number saying I owed taxes from 2004.  Told them I was retired and just received SS and small pension and I did not owe taxes.  Told me to tell my lawyer to contact them.  I told them no I did not have a lawyer and they said the IRS would be at my door tomorrow.  I told them to go for it.

Just got a phone call from this exact phone number.  It has been calling our home for days but never left a message until today.  A man with a very heavy accent (Indian or from Middle East maybe?) said his name was Ricky Gibson and he was from the Department of Justice and Legal Affairs.  I couldn't make out a lot of what he was saying; however, did catch that it was very urgent that we call him immediately because a legal matter was pending and my husband would go to jail today if it's not cleared up.  He had my husbands full name.

I had a feeling it was a scam, but I checked with the kids and other family members to make sure they were ok first and then thought to look online to check out the number and came up with this site.  Now I can really relax and not worry about it.  I will contact our local police just to alert them so they can put it in the weekly newsletter for other residents to be aware of it.

I don't understand how the phone number can't be shut down.  It's got a New York area code to it.  Maybe they figure to leave it as is because they'd probably just get another number and this way it's all from the same one?  Who knows.  Irritating though because you know some people fall for it.

I got the same call she read me this "legal Document" said IRS was coming to arrest me tomorrow. Said she could work it out for me, right here and now. When I said I think I will contact a lawyer she said why they will cost you more than what I am offering. When I said that is my right she got mad at me and said they are arresting you tomorrow at your work I said good it will give everyone something to talk about she got mad and hung up on me.
They have nothing better to do?

Received a phone call today (THANKSGIVING) 347-926-7029 from Adam Jones (heavy Indian/Middle Eastern Accent) ya right your name is Adam jones from the Dept. of Legal Affairs had my husbands first and last name and asked why we had a tax lien on us (which we did, but was satisfied several months ago).  Told him it was satisfied and I have a release letter from the IRS.  He said well my computer is not showing it being paid!!  I said well if this is a legal matter, I should be receiving some documentation in the mail, why don't you give me your full information about who you are.  CLICK!!  Tried calling back and they would not answer the phone!!  Attorney Generals office will be hearing from me tomorrow!!