201-254-3204

Received a call from this number.  Person said they were with IRS and I needed to pay my outstanding tax bill. SCAM, scam, scam!

I received two calls from 201-254-3204 at 11:41am and 1:06pm. In an automated voice, voicemail was left x2 "... 54-3204. The issue is very time sensitive and your address is under state investigation. So that the IRS doesn't seize your property and bank accounts, call the IRS as soon as possible"

Third call today at 3:02pm PST

I received three such calls today from this number.  When I tried to call it back there was a recording indicating that it would not accept a call from my phone number.  An obvious fraud....

Same messages as Scam-detector above. 2 times today so far. 10:26 am and 12:04 pm. Creepy automated computer voice, caller ID says Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Has "scam" written all over it.

I received two calls from same number 10:29am and 12:09pm Jan 9.

got this call as well. he keeps on hanging up on me. So I called him back using google voice about 20 times. I hate scammers.

3rd time receiving a call from this number: (201) 254-3204 stating to call back so that the IRS doesn't seize your property and bank accounts.  I called the IRS and they said this was a scam.  That the IRS does not make phone calls - they send everything through the US Postal Service.

Yes I recived this call today the guy Bearly can speak English telling me that was a fraud on my bank account and he hang up the phone because I was telling him that I can barely understand him one hour later a other phone call I received from them recording message that I head to call back IRS so when I calld back they told me that a sheriff's department is going to call me and they have issue warren for my arrest I really belive is Froud

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

“This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country.  We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves.  Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,” says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. “If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don’t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn’t the IRS calling.” Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail
Other characteristics of this scam include:
Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.
If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov.  Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.  This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to phishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam

2 times today received call.  said from IRS to call them back at 201-254-3204 as IRS will siese my property and bank accounts. This came from Fair Lawn, N. J.   Please stop this scam !!!!

This is such a scam call and it is sad that poor people want to do good and never owe IRS while in the meantime these folks rob from honest hard working blue collar Americans
There's a God for all of us

i got this call from 2012543204 pretending to be IRS people be careful

a big [***] left this message to be IRS …
i got this call from 2012543204 pretending to be IRS people be careful…
Whoever the [***] government is responsible for these people?….
As you can from them their ass?
Tegnologia so having the government and can not locate these [***] ...

I got a phone call from my ex boyfriend and he said the IRS call him asking him for me and that. He I gave me this # 201-254-3204 and the freacking [***] who answered said to me that he is from the IRS and that he had strong evidence that there were errors in my taxes from 2008 to 2013 and that I was going to get served!!! Then he hung up on me!! I called my account and he said that if he didn't give me his name and a Bach #. There are Scanners!! Freacking scanners!!! He had an Indian accent and he hung up on me!!!!!

Got a call from this number today. The IRS needs to get this scam posted on their website. What they currently have doesn't the threat these scammers make when they leave a voice mail stating your home and bank accounts will be seized.

>> The IRS needs to get this scam posted on their website. <<

Um.  The IRS has published several warnings about this scam ... one warning is shown, below:

There is a widespread IRS or "tax scam" being  practiced by scammers on both Canadian and USA residents.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.

Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html

Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.

It can't be stopped, the callers hare hard core Indian scammer/extortionists and as such beyond the reach of US law.  Call blocker might help.

Scam! they called twice!  I work nights they woke me up twice! The governments going to hear about this. May they be caught! And punished.