Comments on: IRS Phone Scam Reported In North Escambia Area

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:49:59 +0000

I received a call today, 12/7/15, from 240-319 XXXX, stating I needed to take immediate action, otherwise the IRS would be filing a lawsuit against me. I reported the call to the Feds via the internet at http://www.tigta.gov.

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:00:53 +0000

I got some of these calls and they left a message on my answering machine. My outgoing message states that I will delete calls from telemarketers and political callers. Most hang up and try again but a few will leave a message anyway. I get many calls but I think the IRS scammer was a call from New York, not Louisiana. I have not received any telemarketer calls from area code 318. I do agree that the IRS official contact method is though the US Mail, not your phone, therefore I knew this was a scam.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:36:04 +0000

A good response to these scamsters would be that imprisonment for tax evasion without at least a hearing is illegal, not to mention the fact that, yes, the Feds will come after you for non-payment of taxes, but it has to be pretty egregious by the time it gets to the point where they come after you. Hang up.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:25:46 +0000

Do not call the scammer back!
Some have it set up so that when you call them back, the charges for the call and sometimes more $$ get charged to your phone bill.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:45:38 +0000

So many rotten con artist out there. If you don’t know your caller, don’t answer the phone.

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:32:12 +0000

I received this call months ago, I called the Sheriff’s dept. and I was told to ignore it. So I did, and they called back. So I took the number and called back to the scammer. I kept them on the phone a good long time scamming them as to how freighted I was to have IRS troubles. At the end of the call I started to ask them how it felt to be scammed, but they hung up.

Hopefully in the time I kept them on the line they weren’t able to scam others.

I doubt it, but it was FUN!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:56:22 +0000

I received a call like this last year. The person on the phone told me that the Attorney General of the United States was issuing a warrant for my arrest for failure to pay taxes but if I sent $1500 he would make sure that warrant would be taken care of and go away. I told him to go ahead and tell the Attorney General of the United States to issue that warrant and my lawyer would handle the matter. He threatened me, cursed me but I remained calm and said just contact my lawyer. Guess what – I never heard anything else regarding this. I do pay my taxes on time so I knew this was a scam. Please do not let these types of people and phone calls get your hard earned money. Best thing to do is just hang up. Living and learning in North Escambia County.

By: Lisa Watson

Lisa Watson — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 06:48:19 +0000

I got one of those calls last year. I asked for his ID number. He got all flustered. I reported them to the actual IRS, (the phone number). Then I got a different phone, and called the number back. I turned his own game on him. Told him that “we are aware” that he is impersonating an IRS agent, that “we” did not like that. Told him to expect the actual IRS at his door very soon, and they would be taking him in. Told him there was a good long prison sentence for impersonating a government official, and that I wished him good luck. About that time I heard sirens on his end and he wailed and hung up. Coincidence of course, but I bet he had to change pants.

But yeah, moral of the story? report these scams to the IRS. go to the website and find out how.

By: BIG JOHN

BIG JOHN — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 22:43:09 +0000

YES I TO HAVE RECIVED THOSE CALLS, BUT THE ONES I RECIVED WAS FROM SUNNTSIDE WA. NUMBER 509-790-xxxx. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE IRS COULD STOP ALL THOSE CALLS !!!! IF YOU KNOW THE NUMBER IT’S NOT THAT HARD TO STOP THEM JUST TELL ATT OR WHAT EVER PHONE COMPANY TO CUT LINE !! THAT WILL STOP IT OR PUT THIM IN JAIL.

By: sam

sam — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:35:07 +0000

i posted on this a while back. its been going on over a year. you get the call telling you its the IRS and you owe money and a certain #. just hang up. i entered that # on my computer with a question mark behind it and a fraud alert came up. also a comment list as long as your arm with everyone posting the same scam. mine came on a saturday. The irs does not call you and being a part of the federal government surely would not call on a saturday.