719-219-8429

Repeated calls from "COLORADO CALLER" - (719) 219-8429 - with no message left.

Received repeated messages at our office from "Leslie Harris" at this number this week, asking to speak to the "person responsible" about "federal tax issues." When I called back, the outbound machine message did NOT reflect that this was an IRS office, but DID ask for "business owner" to leave message on a certain extension, so I hung up immediately, concluding it was a scam. Later, my naive husband DID return the call, despite my telling him to ignore it, and reported that "Leslie" said she was calling about "delinquent payroll taxes" and claimed that a "lien of $6000" had been placed against our business.  All of this is, on the face of it, TOTAL BS.

This is a debt collector acting illegally, because she lied, misrepresented herself totally and never stated that her call was related to an attempt to collect a debt.  The company owning this phone number apparently bought a list of companies which the state of Florida claims owe fees lateness in filing state corporate tax returns ($150 penalty).  This call was research to discover if company was still operating and other intelligence that could help in collecting.

I have received 20-30 calls from this number too. 719-219-8429 saying she (leslie harris) was working with a group of licensed IRS agents to recover money owed from a "941 payroll withholding lien".  She said she doesn't have any info other than the amount my company appearently owes "over $6,600" and that I need to call another 800 number to find out what it is regarding. When I spoke with her, she stated that she could help me reduce the amount I owed.  I told her I did not owe money to the IRS or anyone else and would like more details at which point she gave me a number to the IRS 800-829-4933

I called and talked to the IRS for about an hour verifying what I already knew. I didn't owe any money!

They gave me this email address to report these kinds of scams: phishing@irs.gov

Maybe you should email them too.

Scammers should be taking to a firing line and shot in the head!  Come on America, this is not what makes America great, grow up!

i also received a call from her saying she was calling about my company's taxes and it was critical that I return the call. Luckily, I always google a number I do not recognize so certainly will not return the call. same thing - Leslie Harris.

Leslie Harris scammer called us too. I immediately recognized it was a scam call. She said the company name is The Phoenix Group.

I asked her out on a date and that stopped the calls.

I have also received several calls from 1-719-219-8429 , Leslie Harris, Poenix Group. I don't even have a company of my own and I repeatedly tell her that she has the wrong number. She has been calling me for over a year now every few months. Today, again, I took her information down before answering any of her questions. She seemed annoyed then said she would put me on the Do Not Call list. Ya, we'll see.

Gary has been calling asking to speak with the person in charge of paying federal taxes. Seriously? The IRS knows how to get in touch with me. This is a collector. I attempted to make a deal with the creditor years ago. No go. So I chose to pay my rent and feed my kids.

No, its not a collector. Its a IRS Extortion 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 maybe 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 continue getting calls from this number and a Gary claiming he works with the IRS Phoenix group while he leaves numerous messages. I returned the a call to that number leaving a message to stop harassing the number he called and also sent a email asking for advise to phishing@irs.gov  

Jeff Walker was the caller and he is a jerk! He gave all kinds of information to an employee that should have been considered private. When I called him to have our number removed, he became insulting and telling me that I was dealing with a professional company and we obviously have no business having a business. He continued to take cheap shots and all I wanted was him to take our name off the call list. He left his name and his direct line number with our employee then told me that I was a liar and that he had not done that and it was another company like his that left his name and number.
I think he is mean and arrogant. If he was my child, he would get a spanking and time out.

Caller said his name was Jeff and he was from the IRS and needed me to return his call immediately about money I owed the IRS. Said it was in my best interest to return his call soon.

I just received a call from that same number, from a Jeffery walker, he said he needed to speak with someone  urgently about an IRS filing in July 20, 2015. Sounded very fishing! thanks for the heads up

My client got a call. She refused to talk to him, gave me his number and I called back.

Jeff Walker called my firm's office and told me a lien was filed against my client's property. He asked if I was her bankruptcy attorney or tax attorney. I said general. I asked him to fax me a copy of the lien. He said I should have it, and asked why I don't have it.

I told him that I don't have it because I think he is a scammer and unless I see the document he is referring to I don't think it exists. He then told me I was doing a lousy job for my client and hung up.

Too bad he hung up before I got the chance to tell him I am a retired IRS Attorney, and that any time I called a taxpayer I had to follow certain protocols he did not follow.

Cheers!

Just received a phone call from this number, the guy's name was Mike Carlyle.  I let it go to my voicemail since I didn't recognize the number.
He left a message and similar to others, he claimed to be a member of IRS agents group and said he needs to speak with me regarding Form 941.

Got a call from same number, saying he was Mike Carlisle with IRS enrolled agents.  Didn't give any info.  Glad I looked this up.

More of the same.  Received a call from Mike Carlisle saying he is with a group of IRS Agents calling about a 941 Tax Filing & Lein.  I did not give him any information just took down the name and number.