Whoa is this a sort of call center with hundreds of lines? Any way to find them all or is it a waste of time?
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It is a massive scam operation, based on the volume of their calls placed:
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I know there are many more toll free numbers they have, I’ve heard this exact menu numerous times before.
I’ll listen for this distinct menu during future searches and see what shows up
I’m certain there is many more. There’s so many tax relief/tax forgiveness nonsense scams out there to fool people into believing they somehow qualify to never pay due taxes
I was able to retrieve these two toll free numbers from my database, even though they were originally labelled with a slightly different description.
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“Thank you for calling TAX RELIEF CENTRE. To speak to a Tax Advisor about removing your back-tax debt, press 1. To schedule another time that works better for you, press 2. If you wish to be removed from our list, press 9.”
[ACTIVE → mix of VOICEMAIL (MAILBOX FULL) / ANSWERING! “Rick”]
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Still plainly answering right now.
I’ve been told to stop calling, apparently they aren’t too fond of ASMR foods (lays crisps).
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Is this number involved too?
+18482063276
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I just went through a really long phone call. He asked how I wound up with $23,000 in federal tax debt. I explained that I was the winning bidder of a volcano, from a South Pacific Island on eBay and I had to pay back the price of restoration for the lava damage to the federal land behind my house.
He actually bought it 
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ACTIVE
ANSWERING
I told the agent I had on the phone “Frank” I allegedly owe $70,000 in federal tax debt, he transferred me to his senior “Andy” and I told him because I supposedly started a backyard cryptocurrency mining operation without properly reporting income or paying taxes on the profits and when the IRS somehow (eventually) caught wind of the unreported earnings, they proceeded to clearly heavily slap me with back taxes, penalties, and interest.
I told him it was for the year 2023 [last year] rather than the year 2022, so this had only just been assessed. When he asked about how they found out, if they audited it, I said I was entirely sure; my neighbour must’ve reported me because my machine must’ve been so loud sounding like a rocket. I did tell him I file my taxtes yearly but at the moment I’m not paying anything towards my settlement. He only then abruptly disconnected.
Reasonably spacious call centre, judged from the background noise I could hear at the start of the call.
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Bwahahaha
They are such underachievers
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Now that’s an understatement.
Another idea: Say you owe $(XX,XXX) because you fell victim to a fraudulent tax shelter scheme promising to reduce your tax liability. When the IRS did in fact audit your returns and discovered the illegitimate deductions, they demanded repayment of the falsely claimed tax benefits, plus penalties and interest. Should hopefully start to mess with their heads a little.
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They are so excited about helping me!!! I told him I won 7.5 million from PCH and I owed a million to the IRS but I spent it all on gambling and booze.
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BUMP!
+1 (848) 206-3276 still active and answering
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I’m still getting calls.
One call came from +1 315-400-8523 and the guy told me to f$¢k myself…
I’d really love to find out if these people are related
Update: after some digging this appears to be a different call center
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Here is an interesting notice regarding tax “relief” robocalls. While I have zero proof that these same people are behind illegal robocalls harassing you, I could see how it might be the case, given the sheer number of illegal robocall they are placing.
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(848) 206-3276 is currently up.
I spoke with two American guys and one of them hung up when I asked about their website after identifying as “Tax Relief Services”.
The other one was reluctant to tell me but finally coughed it up.
Quite the history on BBB:
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/santa-ana/profile/tax-return-preparation/optima-tax-relief-1126-100115586/complaints
But then again, maybe they were lying it being their website.
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The business seems to be located in Santa Ana, CA, which is in Orange County.
You should file a complaint about them here: Report Fraud - Orange County District Attorney (orangecountyda.org), It is under “Consumer Complaint” Section.
You should also report their illegal robocalls here: Consumer Complaint Against A Business/Company | State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
The State of California is pretty good with consumer complaints against unethical businesses.
@MehNamesJeff @Tillianne - FYI
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In my experience the best way to find out who they really are is to let them go through their sales pitch until they ask for a SSN or other personal information, then I told him that I am uncomfortable giving information over the phone unless they first send me an email from their official website.
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Sorry for taking such a long time to reply but I have been devoting a lot of resources into digging up as many leads and numbers relating to this precise menu as I can possibly find since you asked almost 2 weeks ago.
The sheer amount of bastard scammers operating on tens of thousands of toll free numbers alone every day I locate and monitor is truly mind blowing and pisses me off more than anyone could imagine.
I’ve managed to come up with quite a few more numbers in block series all relating to this identical Tax relief center menu
No doubt there is goodness knows how many more Tax relief center numbers out there in other area codes, many hundreds, into the thousands is not an exaggeration by any stretch of the imagination. These scam operations who impersonate legitimate companies are relentless and stop at nothing to dupe everyone they can with their bullshit.
2533791821 Tax relief center
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8482063254 Tax relief center
8482063276 Tax relief center 
(number referenced above)
8482063306 Tax relief center
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Whoa!!
That’s a lot of bastards
Thanks.
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I might get good at this one day
Somehow I doubt it though.
Geographically challenged to know much about anything
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