Nov 10, 2014
I received 3 calls from this number and ignored them. Finally on the 4th call I answered as it was disrupting during my workday. The man had an Indian accent and claimed to be from the IRS. He informed me that there were misappropriations on my tax returns which made it look as though I was trying to hide money. He said that once the call was over, the police would be coming to arrest me and I would be detained for 72 hours. At this point, I started to panic, only because I do my own taxes and there's a very good chance I've messed something up, but not likely to the point that I would be arrested. He asked me several basic questions: when did I first start filing, when did I last file, how did I file (CPA, Turbo Tax, etc). I asked him how this could possibly happen without me having any warning and he said notices had been sent to me. I told him I needed to speak to someone about this before I got arrested so he transferred me to his supervisor. Looking back now, the voice of the first man and the voice of the supervisor sounded very similar, both Indian, and they may have actually just been the same person! The "supervisor" said he wanted to help me and would give me instructions to "dissolve the case." He told me I owed $4913 and it would have to be in cash. Also, while he was speaking on the recorded line, he told me I was not able to have any third party contact...
If I was willing to pay, he would start the dissolvement process, but once it was started I couldn't change my mind. I realized then (and I was also in my boss' office writing down to him what was going on and he told me it was a scam) and told the "supervisor" I needed to speak to my CPA before I went through with this. He said, "you know at the end of this call you will arrested" and I said "yes." His response was "well then there's nothing I can do ma'am...deal with it!" and hung up the phone. I contacted my local police dept just to make sure there was no warrant and they informed me it was a scam as well.