202-241-6147

This clown with a heavy accent,mumbled something about the IRS and a lawsuit.Threatened to pursue further legal action if I didn't return his call

Guy claims to be a self-employed scammer earning 10000 USD a day. You have been warned.

Same thing happenes to my husband as to what Monte above said.  

I received a call and a guy with a very heavy accent claimed to be from the IRS.  He said that they are pressing charges against me for a variety of issues including misrepresentation, tax evasion and other gobbledeegook.  They said I would be arrested and would have to contact my lawyer to bail me out or they could provide an attorney for me.  It scared the crap out of me...even though I should have known better.  I checked on line and this is apparently a wide spread scam.  They called back but I did not answer.  Hang up if you get a call from this number!!!

I received a call from a guy with a heavy indian accent saying his name is Jordan Taylor. Basically the same info as above, calling from the "tax department" and that I needed to call back right away to settle this debt. I have owed the IRS in the past and I can assure you, they do not call and warn/threaten you. This has to be a scam.

202-241-6147 ... someone from this number has been calling my client saying the are from Law Enforcement Investigation and to call back Jordan Smith - or they would seek Legal matters... I called the number said he was Department of Internal Revenue DRIS / Kevin Harris IRS ID#10824DC - gave him telephone number they have been calling said they are looking for a Armond Simonds at the number they called. Very heavy accent and could tell he was reading a list of answers. They told me they would take my clients name off list and would not call back again.

Received a call from 1-202-241-6147  Washington, D.C.7/10/14 on my machine. We had to listen to the message several times as the male caller had a very heavy accent.  He said that he is Officer Jordan Smith from the federal tracking activation department calling about a legal obligation and federal compliance in the state of Florida.  He then states our name and threatens us stating that if we did not call back, legal action would be taken against us.  For a moment , when we heard our names, it was scary but we immediately looked up the number on this site and read similar stories.  Thank you for providing a website to identify scammers.  

received a call from someone with very heavy Indian accent asking me for my attorney's information letting me know that I am being investigated for various  felonies and in 30 minutes my home and bank accounts will be confiscated. He said he was from the IRS criminal investigation.

same thing with me claim I will be investigated and my assets and home repossessed in 30 minuets.

He is NOT with the IRS.  He is a con man  in INDIA!  The  real IRS MAILS documents.

I got so scared.

They tried the same thing on me this morning.   I called them back and threatened them repeatedly just to hassle them.  They had to keep hanging up on me. I plan to continue to d do that for the next several days whenever it's convenient for me.   This ties up their lines and bothers them.  After a while they don't call back.   They told me that I would be arrested this afternoon for tax fraud and money laundering....I suppose I could make that my call from jail. ...

IRS agent?!!!

I got called from this number, and obviously I know that smith don't match with heavy Indian accent. Called the number back, I told him that I know agent smith, but the numbnuts just got scared an hang up on me. Scam.

This is so funny, so i called him with my cell and I asked for Gary Smith and when I got on the phone with him I told him you claim that I did Tax Fraud, and he said who are you, and I said You don't need to know, and i told him I never knew Indians Had the last name Smith and he told me to [***] my self and I called him a [***] and I told him i'm not stupid you [***] idiot I told him the Irs would've mailed the documents to me and If they had my arrest warrent they would've already arrested me and he hung up.

This guy is a total scam.

He called telling me he was an IRS agent. I told him I would call him back. The number he called on seemed odd so I looked it up and found this page.

Then I called him back and confronted him, and he said he scams people for fun and he doesn't [***] care what I think.

This guy left a harassing message for my elderly mother-in-law, telling her she was facing legal action unless she paid him money.  I called the number back and his outgoing voicemail message says it's the "Crime Investigation Unit of the IRS" but no name, etc.  Thank goodness for this website, where I was able to see that this is a scam.

This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for this.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone. The scammers use voice over IP lines (e.g. magicjack (Ymax corporation). This is always against these companys' terms of use and can lead to termination of their contract. However only law enforcement can initiate the contact if you yourself are not a customer. Therefore, report it also to your local law enforcement agency. Ultimately this is a case for the FBI legal attache in Islamabad or New Delhi. If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction (and the NSA can finally be a force for good).

You can use the following template for your letter or email:

Senators
Use the district office address of your senator as displayed on http://www.senate.gov/ 
Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Mailing Address of District Office
City, State, Zip Code

Representatives (House)
Use the district office address of your district representative as displayed on
http://www.house.gov/
Your letter should be addressed as follows:
The Honorable (full name)
United States House of Representatives
Mailing Address of District Office
City, State, Zip Code

Dear Senator/Representative XXX

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to demand decisive action from the FBI, the IRS and other federal agencies against organized crime directed against American citizens from abroad.

As widely reported by local and national media all across the United States and warned about by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (see http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm) a tidal wave of fraud using Internet phones has hit the United States. Millions of dollars already have been stolen by criminals impersonating federal officers from the IRS while hiding in countries like India and Pakistan, where most of the calls originate. There seems to be no end of it in sight.

I have personally been targeted by these scammers but it is the most vulnerable among us that I am concerned about primarily. The scheme is specifically singling out those that can least defend themselves against these crimes, in particular the elderly. I am also worried that given the origin of these gangsters, the money stolen from US citizens may be used for financing of terrorism or other activities directed against the national interests of the United States. But in spite of this clear and present danger to our country and its citizens I have seen no action worth mentioning by the FBI, the IRS or other federal agencies so far.

As a member of Congress overseeing the law enforcement agencies tasked with fighting fraud and ensuring national security, I implore you to make sure that they act on these threats and are given all the necessary resources to target these criminals in cooperation with foreign law enforcement.

Yours sincerely

This guy did the same thing to me and I live in Illinois. He said his name is Officer Gary Smith with the tax services division. I told him to pound sand. Then I told him to show up at my house. I am still waiting for him.

I had someone hack all my info. Online. And all of a sudden I get a call from this dude with a heavy accent.  Saying that he is from eloan financial. .. he then read off all my my info such a bank account number and ssn.... I asked him how he got it all of this info and he stated to talk very loud then put meon hokd and hung up... I have called back four times and he refususes to asnswer the calls . ....