May 15, 2014
Called on my cell phone saying a Federal warrant for my arrest had been issued and an officer would be arresting me in the next 3 hours. Called a friend of mine who works for the Secret Service who informed me they go by the title "Special Agent", not "Officer" and they were aware of this scam. So when I called back to speak with the "officer", I asked how much I owed and was told $5,800 for tax year 2009, which I knew I did not owe. I baited them and asked how I could resolve this today over the phone, and by golly if I just gave them my bank routing number and account number they could debit the amount and voila it disappears! Of course the IRS NEVER corresponds by phone in this kind of matter, it is always by certified mail. I reported it to the FTC on their website, if you report it, put IRS financial scam in the header. The guy who called me had an accent like someone from India.