caller with heavy middle eastern accent claimed he was with the IRS in Washington DC. Claimed there were 3 inconsistencies with my tax return.
When pressed about why his phone number popped up as a Washington area code, he replied, yes, Washington DC. To which I replied no, state of Washington.
He told me I had 2 options to resolve this matter. 1. talk to his superior or 2. pay amount owed. Since I had no clue what the caller was talking about, I opted for option 1.
To talk to his superior, I was told to call (206) 801-1434 (yep, same number) and talk to Van Davis. When I called back, another man with a lighter middle eastern accent answered immediately and just said IRS.
By now there's so many red flags, that I just wanted to mess with them, so I asked them what company they are really from. They responded asking why I don't believe they are the IRS, so I told them internet research. Their response was "Oh! so the internet is god?" and I said "in this case, yes it is. Have fun trying to scam someone else." Hung up and reported to the real IRS.
caller with heavy middle eastern accent claimed he was with the IRS in Washington DC. Claimed there were 3 inconsistencies with my tax return.
When pressed about why his phone number popped up as a Washington area code, he replied, yes, Washington DC. To which I replied no, state of Washington.
He told me I had 2 options to resolve this matter. 1. talk to his superior or 2. pay amount owed. Since I had no clue what the caller was talking about, I opted for option 1.
To talk to his superior, I was told to call (206) 801-1434 (yep, same number) and talk to Van Davis. When I called back, another man with a lighter middle eastern accent answered immediately and just said IRS.
By now there's so many red flags, that I just wanted to mess with them, so I asked them what company they are really from. They responded asking why I don't believe they are the IRS, so I told them internet research. Their response was "Oh! so the internet is god?" and I said "in this case, yes it is. Have fun trying to scam someone else." Hung up and reported to the real IRS.
Caller type: Scammer
Company: says from IRS
Number: 206-801-1434