The number called me today asking for my husband by his first and last name. I said he wasn't here and was asked when he would be in. I asked who was calling. He claimed he was with the IRS and this was an audit and a Federal Investigation. I said, I never knew of the audit to be from California. Instead of answering he demanded my husbands cell phone number. Then he actually asked me if I was the wife named... and he named me. By this time I was typing in the number into the internet and came up with a few sites claiming it was a fraudulent call. I asked him for his information so that we could call him back. But that i was worried because on the internet it claimed this number was a fraudulent number. He became agitated when I said I was going to call the IRS and make sure the call was legitimate. He then calmed down and proceeded to try to give me a local number to call to verify. I told him I didn't want any phone more phone numbers from him, but would take the phone number off of the IRS Web site instead. That is when he got extremely angry and told me there'd be a warrant out for my husband then. I stated I had never heard of a Federal IRS agent act like this. This is when he hung up on me. I put in an email to the IRS and noticed they have a large section on Scams. Here is what their site says. "There are clear warning signs about these scams, which continue at high levels throughout the nation,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Taxpayers should remember their first contact with the IRS will not be a call from out of the blue, but through official correspondence sent through the mail. A big red flag for these scams are angry, threatening calls from people who say they are from the IRS and urging immediate payment. This is not how we operate. People should hang up immediately and contact TIGTA or the IRS.”
The IRS will not demand payment over the phone and immediately. Nor will they call you out of the blue. They first send you several letters asking you to contact them! Read more from IRS site
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Repeats-Warning-about-Phone-Scams
I've dealt with the IRS and they definitely don't act in this way! SCAM all the way around!
The number called me today asking for my husband by his first and last name. I said he wasn't here and was asked when he would be in. I asked who was calling. He claimed he was with the IRS and this was an audit and a Federal Investigation. I said, I never knew of the audit to be from California. Instead of answering he demanded my husbands cell phone number. Then he actually asked me if I was the wife named... and he named me. By this time I was typing in the number into the internet and came up with a few sites claiming it was a fraudulent call. I asked him for his information so that we could call him back. But that i was worried because on the internet it claimed this number was a fraudulent number. He became agitated when I said I was going to call the IRS and make sure the call was legitimate. He then calmed down and proceeded to try to give me a local number to call to verify. I told him I didn't want any phone more phone numbers from him, but would take the phone number off of the IRS Web site instead. That is when he got extremely angry and told me there'd be a warrant out for my husband then. I stated I had never heard of a Federal IRS agent act like this. This is when he hung up on me. I put in an email to the IRS and noticed they have a large section on Scams. Here is what their site says. "There are clear warning signs about these scams, which continue at high levels throughout the nation,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Taxpayers should remember their first contact with the IRS will not be a call from out of the blue, but through official correspondence sent through the mail. A big red flag for these scams are angry, threatening calls from people who say they are from the IRS and urging immediate payment. This is not how we operate. People should hang up immediately and contact TIGTA or the IRS.”
The IRS will not demand payment over the phone and immediately. Nor will they call you out of the blue. They first send you several letters asking you to contact them! Read more from IRS site
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Repeats-Warning-about-Phone-Scams
I've dealt with the IRS and they definitely don't act in this way! SCAM all the way around!
Caller type: Other
Caller: Alex Marshall
Company: Claim is irs auditor
Number: 415-735-7988
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