Oct 2, 2014
I got a call this morning from 202-241-7158. Left a badly recorded message on my phone. I called them back and a man named David [couldn't understand the last name] answered and said he was with the Internal Revenue Service. He said they had initiated a case against me and asked me if I was aware of it. I said no and he said he was going to read some kind of legal record to me and to not interrupt, that afterwards I could ask questions. He had a heavy Arabic accent and I said I meant no disrespect but I was having a hard time understanding him. He immediately got mad, said I had an attitude and that I could just wait for the police to come and put me in handcuffs at my address. Then he hung up on me. He sounded VERY official and convincing. I googled the number and my first search, first item said this: 202-241-IRS. I was really scared then. We have all heard about the IRS being obnoxious. Then thought that an IRS agent surely wouldn't hang up on me, so searched more and found info on scams and this site.
Fyi, this guy had his speal down pat, and it was very scary. One reverse search I did said the number was a Magicjack phone number. Logic says the IRS wouldn't use a magicjack, lol, but I'm still a little freaked out.
This is just not right. Only advise I can give is don't give them any more information than they already have. They obviously had a phone number but am not sure if they had my name. "David" said for verification purposes he needed my name, so now they have my first name. Ughhh.
I feel sorry for the elderly who may be getting this same call and not have the resources to find out its a scam.