This is the second call I've gotten to inform me the IRS is suing me.
I have my taxes professionally done. The last 2 years I have gotten notices of underpayment and had my accountant take car of it. Last one I got was resolved 8 months ago and owed nothing, so I'm sure my tax situation is good.
So a couple weeks ago I get a call, message on voicemail, about a pending lawsuit by the IRS and I need to call back (the number is a NY number, not Washington) and it came at like 7:00pm. I ignore it but planned to ask my accountant...but forgot. So tonight I get the same call, same number, approx the same time, same voice message. So I call it back and say "So this the IRS or is this a scam?" and the guy hangs up (10 second call), so I call it right back and this time he hangs up after 2 seconds. So I call again and this time I get a different guy who answers the phone. I ask him "SO IS THIS A SCAM" while laughing. The guy mutters some crap in Indian or Pakistanee (???) and say "yup, di is a scum". I assume the normal route is you call back and they need you Social Security number to "look up the case", and bazinga...they have you SS#. Then they likely get your address, DOB, etc so they can get it taken care of..... and they are good to go.
I'm going to play the voice message for my accountant just to be sure but damn, I might have considered it real if I didn't know I was good on my taxes.
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