540-446-2514

Same as the rest of you. IRS SCAMMERS

I received the same type of call.  A recording on my voice mail.  When I returned the call moments later, No one answered.

WASHINGTON — J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), announced the arrests of eight individuals based upon indictments that charged eleven individuals who were allegedly involved in schemes to impersonate Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in order to obtain money from victims by falsely representing that the victims owed back taxes or other fees. Two of the eleven individuals were charged in an indictment for their fraudulent conduct last year.

Agents representing TIGTA and the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General (SSAOIG) arrested eight suspects in Miami, FL on April 25, 2017, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the court documents, the suspects are responsible for almost $8.8 million in schemes that defrauded more than 7,000 victims.

“These arrests demonstrate that TIGTA and its law enforcement partners continue to make significant progress in our investigations related to the IRS impersonation scam that continues to sweep the country. Over the past three years, this scam has resulted in reported taxpayer losses of more than $55 million,” the Inspector General said. “The scammers are relentless and so are we,” he added. “Our investigators will not rest until we have brought those responsible for this scheme to justice.”

The eight individuals arrested are: Yosvany Padilla, Elio Carballo Cruz, Esequiel Bravo Diaz, Ricardo Fontanella Caballero, Alejandro Valdes, Angel Chapotin Carrillo, Alfredo Echevarria Rios, and Joel Leon Pando. The criminal indictments were filed with the following courts: the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on April 4, 2017; and on April 19, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (Joel Leon Pando). Two other individuals, Dennis Delgado Caballero and Jeniffer Valerino Nunez, were previously arrested in May of 2016 based upon Criminal Complaints that were filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas. One suspect, Lazaro Hernandez Fleitas, remains at large.

According to the court documents, the suspects knowingly conspired with others to commit wire fraud by falsely impersonating IRS agents and demanding money under such false pretenses. Victims received telephone calls from people claiming to be from the IRS, who told them the IRS would arrest them if they did not make payment immediately. The callers made these threats and used other methods of intimidation to persuade the victims to wire money, utilizing MoneyGram, Walmart2Walmart Money Transfer, and other wire services.

“No legitimate employee of the United States Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service will demand that anyone make payments via MoneyGram, Western Union, Walmart2Walmart Money Transfer, or any other money wiring method, for any debt to the IRS or the Department of the Treasury,” George said.

“Nor will the Department of the Treasury demand that anyone pay a debt or secure one by using iTunes cards or other prepaid debit cards,” he said. “If you receive one of these calls, hang up immediately and go to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) scam reporting page to report the call.”

Investigators verified the identity of the suspects and their activities through a variety of investigative methods. TIGTA and SSAOIG Special Agents conducted the investigations that led to the arrests.

https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2017-08.htm

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Had them call me yesterday and today as well!

OMG! I'm going to jail!! Please help!

i have gotten 5 calls saying irs  540-446-2514

Received 2  calls saying that I would be brought into custody

I got that same voicemail. I  didnt answer!!

same happend in Gig Harbor

Same as the others. Claiming to be the IRS and threatening to arrest me if I didn't call back. This is a recording with some grammatical errors.

i received a call said was IRS officer and gave name, said I owed a debt cause from suspicious activity on a credit card, was able to give me my mailing address as well and stated IRS was prosecuting, I advised I was sorry but IRS would have sent a letter if that was the case and that this was FRAUD/SCAM and started yelling I hung up.

A number stating they are calling from the IRS telling me I have been audtited so false it's such a scam and it's harassment

IRS scammer.

The person I spoke to had a foreign (Asian) accent and said I had a case on file with the IRS. I lied and told him I work for the IRS and there is no case on file for me. He began to stutter and asked if he could put me on hold. Smh. Damn scammers.

Received a call from this number saying they are from IRS, don't believe them. It's a scam.

Got this scam call from 540-446-2514 Stratford, Va from IRS threatening me to call back! What a joke, hope they nail these scum bags!

Same thing happened, only that they left me a message half-saying i was under investigation.

They called us on May 1st 2017, once at 8:38am and again at 4pm. The message said to call and pay the IRS or be arrested in 24 hrs.

Scam! The IRS doesn't call, they send mail.  They also don't threaten arrest and they especially wouldn't give a time frame if they  were going to arrest you because then you could simply not be home when the police arrive.

Don't waste your time.  The only ears you'll hurt are your own. Modern phones don't transmit sounds at harmful levels.