A friend of mine answered the phone and was surprised to hear the IRS on the other end. They told him he had underpaid his taxes and that he had to agree to some payment plans or legal action would be taken and one of them would be arrest.

They went on to tell him about certain violations he had in his filing, and knew more information than they should. They were able to talk about his employers and business expenses and wanted payment immediately.

My friend was thinking that it would be smart on his part to pay them. One thing tipped him off this might not be legit. They kept calling him by his full proper name, not the name on his tax forms. So he decided to test the IRS agent and said, give me your number and I will set up a meeting with my accountant and tax lawyer. The man on the other end got more aggressive and said if my friend did not agree to certain things and pay them right now over the phone, they would swear out a warrant for his arrest.

Well, he wasn't arrested. He came to me and we looked up the exchange, it was a 360 prefix and it turns out there are hundreds of numbers starting with that prefix that had tried to scam people. There was a whole page of people that had described the same story.

Here's my advice. Ask them for their phone number, maybe their name, and their IRS number. That will scare them off. Don't give them any information, the IRS doesn't work like that. Call the police immediately, they are already on this trying to nab them.

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