Oct 21, 2014
I received a call from 415-234-9569 on Saturday morning at 10 AM on October 11, 2014. Since I was having ligation in U.S. tax court, I called back at 10:15 AM on October 11, 2014 to ask for Julie or Joel Smith as I could not distinguish on my answering machine. I asked the man who answered the phone if this was the Internal Revenue Service. His reply was yes. I asked the man if this was the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. He replied yes again. I told that I was unaware the IRS worked on Saturday morning. The man told me we work here all the time. The recording stated to have the attorney of record call back to this number. I told the man that I would have my attorney contact his office. The man’s reply was that they do not speak with attorneys: TOO FUNNY!!!
I called back the next Tuesday at 4PM California time, where a man put me on hold for 5 minutes so I hung up and contacted the real IRS.
I reported these events to Special Agent Joel Smith (Missouri) who is a criminal investigator of the IRS. S.A. Joel Smith told me that this was a scam and to report this to TIGTA in Washington, DC at (800)366-4484
I informed S.A. Joel Smith that his was worse than tax evasion as these people are taking money from people who happen to be behind on their taxes, then receive no credit for paying their real taxes due and owing.