Federal Agency Impostors

bypassed the correct place to post:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-239-400-1570
Why?

The IRS has an online form that can be completed and submitted to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) to report IRS Impersonation Scams at https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

IRS advice on dealing with such scam attempts:

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If you get a call from someone claiming to be with the IRS asking for a payment, or your credit card or bank account information, here’s what to do:
•    If you owe Federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
•    If you do not owe taxes, fill out the “IRS Impersonation scam” form on TIGTA’s website, www.tigta.gov or call TIGTA at 800-366-4484.
•    You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments in your complaint.

https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2016-07.htm

I have received 3-calls today thus far, and many over the past months from This Phone Number, 1-800-994-2184, Unidentified Caller posing as the IRS. This Person states that an Outstanding Warrant has been issued against me. This is Fraud, and the tenure of the Recorded message is one of a Threatening Nature, not to mention Harassment..This Number needs to be reported and Prosecuted..Threats and Harassment should be the charges..The IRS does Not phone you of an impending Warrant, but, send Written Notification, and a way of scheduling a face to face meeting to resolve the issue...This is a Internet Scam and Internet Fraud, and the proper authorities need to Stop this Caller (s), and Prosecute them...
Caller: No Name Specified
Call type: Scam suspicion

Did you report it?  Did you post in the correct area, under the phone number that called you?

A Micheal Taylor posted in the correct thread about an hour before that post.  I don't know if it is the same person or not.

I speak from experience when I say that Magic Jack simply offers a communications device that can be plugged into other communications devices that allows one to communicate with another individual over cable, phone or wifi ect. The owner simply sells his invention and that's it. T-Mobile, Sprint, Apple, Dell, any company in the business of communications sells their device no matter what it's called. They don't intentionally sell to people with criminal intent, they would know these people from Adam. They create a brand, market it, make legitimate sells and hope you're happy with the product. The buyers are everyday people like the rest of us. Some with good intentions and some with not so good intent. So let me say this, in this day and age, we are able to monitor mor closely our communications and sometimes we can ignore numbers we do not recognize. Other times we have to pick up for whatever reason, and we are greeted with criminal elements trying to scam us from a callliterally being made from a computer where they have set up their illegal enterprise to disrupt the lives of decent citizens. They call me daily but I do as you I google the number and try to identify the caller. When it leads to these criminals I don't get worked up cause that's my health and they do not get to have that kind of power over me. I also try to keep in mind that my number is unlisted and that very few communications of great importance regarding personal matters come in the form of a phone call or voicemail. Always keep the upper hand when you are approached about your business. Never reveal signs of fear because that the number one tactic used to get you to a place where you can't make a calm and rational decision. Even if the call is legit and there is an emergency go to that hell freezing zone or into the closet of your soul and collect yourself. Then handle it like a "G", be assertive and flip that switch, you become the cool calm aggressor, the threatening warner and show them what happens to bottom feeders when they've entered unknown waters. Take your stand as if you were "Joshua", and don't back down, put them on notice with a voice so chilling it could freeze the signal allowing you two to communicate. In no uncertain terms say, "I-have- no-patience-for-scams-of-any-kind." Make sure they know that you prefer they remove your number from their list and be up front that you will follow up this call to the FCC and Homeland Security because anyone making threats under the revised laws is considered a terrorist suspect and can be detained indefinitely. Tell them this is just such a call, because we're you legitimate you would have stated your business without making threats on my life so you need to be dealt with as soon as possible. Then follow through. There are times when we do receive call of import that are of a sensitive nature alerting us regarding things that we must address, but no one has a right to threaten you in person, by phone or written communication. It's illegal, and frightening enough to cause harm to people who have certain medical conditions and do not need to suffer unexpected shock when attempting to respond to unwarranted communications of this type. They're the boss until you say they're not!!!

"handle it like a "G", ? And "Take your stand as if you were "Joshua" ? What is a "G" and who is "Joshua"?

Ymax Communications Corp. - Nj
201-203-3335
Call said it's not a solicitation. There's a motion to suspect all of your bank accounts, etc. They called my cell phone in 3 very short rings. When I managed to answer, they were asking for my mom. They knew her full name. About an hour later, they managed to find her number and call her too. They seem to really be trying to extract more personal information to steal identities.

Ymax is the VoIP softphone service many overseas scammers use to mask their CID, but what does that have to do with  "Federal Agency Impostors" ? Or are we supposed to guess who might have tried scamming?

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Call said it's not a solicitation. There's a motion to suspend all of your bank accounts, etc

If I had to guess, I would say it sounds like a debt collection extortion scammer that called.

One has to understand that these scammers are backed by very powerful organised crime syndicates. They run massive hacking operations to breach government and business systems and compile sophisticated dossiers on private individuals, and trade this information back and forth with each other. It's a HUGE global business. Unfortunately, law-enforcement staff are overworked and underfunded, so they're forced to play a chronic game of whack-a-mole.