Sunday, June 26, 2016

'IRS agents' involved in menacing but lucrative scam




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'IRS agents' involved in menacing but lucrative scam

 

 

Say police coming to your door if you don't pay immediately


June 26 2016

It may be an old scam, but apparently it’s still a very live and effective one, as at least three WND staff members have been targeted with it in recent weeks.

The potential victim receives a message from a computerized voice to call the IRS immediately about his “case file."

The worried caller then is informed by an “agent” that a criminal case has been filed against him for defrauding the IRS, and if he doesn’t immediately make a payment, police will show up at his door.

The taxpayer then is instructed to go to the nearest drug story to purchase a pre-paid credit card through which a payment can be made to satisfy authorities.

The IRS is trying to warn Americans that its officers would never makes such a telephone call, but many terrified citizens are taking the bait.

It’s the largest such scam in agency history, with more than 1.2 million Americans having reported receiving such calls, the IRS said last month.

As estimated 6,400 citizens have reported being cheated out of $36.5 million.

Last month, the Treasury Department arrested five people in Miami accused of posing as IRS agents in a scheme that defrauded 1,500 people, netting the thieves an estimated $2 million.

But this month, the scam is still in full force, as evidenced anecdotally by WND staffers from the West Coast to the Mountain states to the East Coast.

The problem is that it is difficult to trace and inspires copycats who often operate from countries such as India and Mexico, using callback numbers in the U.S. obtained through pre-paid cellphones.

The impersonators who talked to WND staffers spoke with an Indian accent with the sounds of a vast call-in center in the background.

‘Aggressive and sophisticated’

On its website, the IRS warns an “aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country.”

“Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, but are not. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. They may know a lot about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling.”

The IRS says that, typically, if the victim refuses to cooperate, he is threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license.

“In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting. Or, victims may be told they have a refund due to try to trick them into sharing private information. 

If the phone isn’t answered, the scammers often leave an “urgent” callback request.”

The IRS says it will never:
  • call to demand immediate payment, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill;
  • demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe;
  • require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card;
  • ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone;
  • threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.
The IRS offers a webpage to report the scam.

Last year, CBS News reported North Carolina Pastor Al Cadenhead said he was so scared he couldn’t think straight after receiving a threatening call saying, “Don’t disregard this message … as delay in calling us back may end up in legal matter for you.”

When the pastor called back, a woman gave him her name and a badge number and said the IRS was informing him it had filed a warrant for his arrest for tax fraud.

Cadenhead believed he was innocent but thought the stakes too high, CBS News reported. So over the next seven hours he withdrew a total of $16,000 and sent it to the IRS impersonators through pre-paid debit cards. 

http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/serious-scam-alert-irs-agents-say-cops-coming-if-you-dont-pay/#!


2 comments:

Dan said...

Write them a personal Promissory Note, preferably more than what you owe to make them happy, but I followed the Michael Tellinger video here January 2015 and sent them one for $25,000 on what I owed and one for $55,000 on what I should be refunded for the previous 18 years, and they stopped sending me Notices in July, and one was from out-of-state and said I didn't owe $3,800 for 2012, so it works, and I did not have it Notarized, but it may be safer.
And it should work with you bank on your all your loans.
How to create your own Promissory Notes - Michael Tellinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbku5XULgIA
Published on Dec 18, 2014

Anonymous said...

IF ANYTHING THEY ARE REAL IRS AGENTS.......


HINT AMERICA: IF IRS AGENTS REAL OR FAKE ROBO CALL YOU SAYINGY YOU ARE UNDER ARREST, CALL THEIR BLUFF AND SUE THEIR ASS IN COURT!!!!!

IF YOU GO OUT AND PAY THEM MONEY, YOU DESERVE WHAT COMES NEXT....

PS: BUSH SENIOR, ALBRIGHT AND ESPECIALLY CLINTON AND GORE ARE ALL GOING TO JAIL IN A FEDERAL MAX PRISON ONCE TRUMP IS IN PLACE AND FORCED INTO ACTION.