On January 18th I got a call from a man from a 559-761-1470 number (which was from my area) claiming to be with the IRS calling in reguards to my Tax Return. He said that because I had paid my taxes on time for the past three years I was entilted to a tax refund mandated by the presidant in the mount of $2500. Because my husband and I had just filed, always received our tax returns through our bank, had indeed paid our taxes on time for the past three year, and I remembered hearing something about Bush trying to pass something to give back tax refunds to families (although I didn't know much about it) I figued thats what it was about. So I talked to the man and give him the information he wanted. He recited to me that tax reference number, and I thought that was pretty impressive...
Five minutes later I recieved another call from a different person, verifiing the information I had given the previous person, and re-gave the information to an automated system. My name, address, phone number, routing & account number.
As soon as I got off the phone I realized how dumb that was. I immediately called the REAL IRS office in Washington DC and reported the crime and impersonation of and a government employee (which is a felony) and placed a call to my bank.
On January 23rd the amount of $29.95 was withdrawn buy a company called the NSH. I didn't think much of it at first, my husband travels alot due to work and I figured it was one of his traveling expenses. Then on February 6th the amount of $299.95 was withdrawn from my account by a company called the NHS via dept transaction without a pen. Thats when I went back and realized that the first transaction was them too!
I tried to call the number back, an 866-407-1029 number and no one answered. The only thing I received was a machine telling me to leave a message and they would return my calls. I am currently working with my bank to see if I can get my money refunded.
I am not sure if the two are related, but I would assume so. The man that called claiming to be with the IRS was the only person other than my husband that was given my bank information.
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