PE Teachers! I am copying and pasting this item from the Boggleheads Website > The post follows: ================== There seems to be a widespread scam where crooks pose as IRS agents and call taxpayers at their residence. The call usually goes like this : Are you Mr/Mrs XYZ ? This is IRS investigative officer Mr ABC. You have a court hearing today about back taxes owed. If you dont pay the backtaxes today, you could be arrested. Then they demand a credit card number, or a pre-paid debit card for payment. A couple of things that stand out here are - They spoof a Washington DC number. On caller id, it seems like it could be someone from the IRS. - In a lot of cases, they seem to have the last 4 of the taxpayers social security number. - The callers have Indian or Filipino accents. But they identify themselves with american/western sounding names (my caller identified himself as Hugh Jackson). - The callers use a serious almost threatening tone. - They ask if the taxpayer has an attorney representing them, and ask for the attorneys details. I got a call this morning at 7 AM PST. I hung up immediately. They called me again. I warned them that I knew this was a scam and never to call me again or Id call the police. When I mentioned this to my wife later, she said that she might have fallen for this. At least she would have given them some information. She wasnt aware that : 1) The IRS will always correspond by US Mail first. 2) The IRS will never initiate legal proceedings without written communication, delivered by either US Mail or a subpoena in person or something. 3) The IRS will never ever ask for credit/debit card details or demand a wire transfer on the phone. I think Bogleheads can spot this as a scam instantly, but you might want to alert other members of your family who might not have any idea how the IRS works.Talk about low-life scum. There is a warning about this on the IRS site. irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Phone-Scam They also give a phone number to report this activity. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:58:21 +0000
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