PLEASE HELP :Weird Phone call from IRS

[rawas 13]

I dealt with a similar situation last year. These are scammers- they can pull your information from anywhere they have access. Also- have your husband, as well as yourself, file a complaint with the IRS (as mentioned above) as soon as possible and also you can file a complaint with the attorney general. These people will call family members, your place or your husbands place of employment, friends that you haven't spoken to in years. I had to put a public message on my social media that if any of my friends or family members were contacted to hang up on these people. They will also try and intimidate your family and friends into paying the money for you by using scare tactics. One told me that they had a warrant out for my arrest and they were coming to pick me up at work...I told them, ok- I'll be waiting for you with my attorney so whenever you want to come get me I'm here. Obviously they never showed up. You can also call your local police department if they start to threaten to come to your place of work as it is against the law to make those threats without any basis for doing so. But definitely file a complaint ASAP and it would be a good idea to inform at least family because they will call them and harass them as well. They are bottom feeders.

Thanks , i have no body in USA, i just have my husband

[JamesRenee 47]

Sorry...not the IRS- I meant to say the FBI. They have a special unit on internet fraud. You can block their number- they will just start calling from a new number. It still took 2 months for the calls to stop even after I filed a complaint online with the FBI because of how many complaints are filed. You can report the scam via fbi.gov....that is literally the only way to stop them. I had family and friends calling me everyday out of their minds worried because they had received a phone call saying I was going to jail. These people don't just go away if you block one number.

[rawas 13]

Thanks , Don't i have to worry about the few answers they got? i know their interest was not my answers but to get the money as quick as possible

[JamesRenee 47]

If you gave them your social security number you definitely have to worry...they can have access to all of your credit and bank accounts in minutes. If you gave them that information you need to call your bank immediately and put them on alert of any fraudulent activity and you need to call the credit agencies to put them on alert as well. If they have your SSN they have access to everything

Honestly what's also worrisome is the fact they knew about USCIS....they could be trolling on this forum looking for people to scam. They are nasty individuals and the FBI is very adamant about shutting these people down so they will help you. Like I said, I also notified my attorney general

[CowBoE 429]

Hi everybody im still on hold with somebody from new York he said he is from IRS , he gave me my name, he gave me IRS number and said i have issue with IRS because of taxes, and this is my case , he asked if i send money outside of country and started talking about USCIS, i did not understand him well, i asked for somebody who can speak my language, he said no body, I told him if the issue is taxes, i do file with my husband i did that twice, -then he said this is your case do not tell your husband or anybody- and stay on hold , you have just 60m to solve the problem and you must stay on hold do not deconect the phone , make sure you charge it , and i have option to pay the amount NOW :3700.00 , he is waiting now for me to go to the bank to have the amount, he just stopped the call and calling again

Who is this person? he did transfer me to somebody then i get transferred to him again, he is still on hold i think,

any advice? what to do?

Me and my co-workers all received it.

I actually called the number back...and guess what, the phone quality was really bad,

and it sounded like someone in India (at least the accent) was on the other side of the phone.

It's a very broadly known scam, so just ignore it.

[jjbandero 39]

Definitely a scam, my coworker received it as well, except he turned the tables on them and tried to gather information about how they wanted to be paid etc. before he ended the call, he said, "thank you for the information, I am reporting you to the FBI", apparently the person at the other end of the call was not expecting this turn of events since my coworker was playing along .

Protect your identity, never give out your SSN unless you absolutely have to, for example, you may have noticed that when you visit say a doctor, they will ask you for your SSN on the forms, I never fill it in, if they ask, I just say that I don't see any reason they need that information on top of checking my other IDs, and since they can't explain how they can protect the information, I will not provide it.

[madtownguy 164]

If it were real they would schedule an appointment with you, and most likely first you would get mail. But I have had the IRS call and I went in to talk with them, but they were not wanting money from me.

[ohzee64 1]

Hi everybody im still on hold with somebody from new York he said he is from IRS , he gave me my name, he gave me IRS number and said i have issue with IRS because of taxes, and this is my case , he asked if i send money outside of country and started talking about USCIS, i did not understand him well, i asked for somebody who can speak my language, he said no body, I told him if the issue is taxes, i do file with my husband i did that twice, -then he said this is your case do not tell your husband or anybody- and stay on hold , you have just 60m to solve the problem and you must stay on hold do not deconect the phone , make sure you charge it , and i have option to pay the amount NOW :3700.00 , he is waiting now for me to go to the bank to have the amount, he just stopped the call and calling again

Who is this person? he did transfer me to somebody then i get transferred to him again, he is still on hold i think,

any advice? what to do?

This is a scam. hang up

[rawas 13]

Definitely a scam, my coworker received it as well, except he turned the tables on them and tried to gather information about how they wanted to be paid etc. before he ended the call, he said, "thank you for the information, I am reporting you to the FBI", apparently the person at the other end of the call was not expecting this turn of events since my coworker was playing along .

Protect your identity, never give out your SSN unless you absolutely have to, for example, you may have noticed that when you visit say a doctor, they will ask you for your SSN on the forms, I never fill it in, if they ask, I just say that I don't see any reason they need that information on top of checking my other IDs, and since they can't explain how they can protect the information, I will not provide it.

Thanks for the information, i was thinking may be these scammers they get my name and phone n from Job website where my resume is visible with my contact information to employers, Im not sure i was just thinking i my delete my resume in every website its showed up,

i don't know if really my resume online has to include my phone n or no?

[MrsBonsu 138]

It is fraud Please do not send them money!! It was on the news months ago! It's best to call irs your self to see if you really have a issue, they will mail you not call!

[rawas 13]

my husband just came house he said this is common scam, no need to report the incident they already know

[rawas 13]

is there any problem from not reporting the incident?

[Ayman___ 92]

I heard about this scam look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNt8nPA9khc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSIO2z3qrwA

[pch1 64]

The IRS will never call you at all. This is a scam and you can read about it at the IRS website.

[_Paul&Jesica_ 70]

Hi everybody im still on hold with somebody from new York he said he is from IRS , he gave me my name, he gave me IRS number and said i have issue with IRS because of taxes, and this is my case , he asked if i send money outside of country and started talking about USCIS, i did not understand him well, i asked for somebody who can speak my language, he said no body, I told him if the issue is taxes, i do file with my husband i did that twice, -then he said this is your case do not tell your husband or anybody- and stay on hold , you have just 60m to solve the problem and you must stay on hold do not deconect the phone , make sure you charge it , and i have option to pay the amount NOW :3700.00 , he is waiting now for me to go to the bank to have the amount, he just stopped the call and calling again

Who is this person? he did transfer me to somebody then i get transferred to him again, he is still on hold i think,

any advice? what to do?

It is definitely a scam. The IRS WILL NOT CALL YOU. They always send letters in the mail. They do not send notices via email.

It is concerning that this person knew about your immigration status. They got a hold of your SSN somehow, maybe they got a copy of your immigration paperwork.... I would be very concerned about that...

Never give your SSN out. Never give your bank information out. If anyone ever calls you saying they are from somewhere, take down their name and number and tell them you will contact the main number (verify via Google) and ask to be transferred to them. Scammers will always say they can't do that or they aren't reachable via the primary company number.