202-241-7158

Got a recorded call from them saying they were IRS and I had to call them immediately before charges were pressed against me.

Got a call saying IRS and I had to call immediately. This is the 2nd time, but a different number.

This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.  
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm

As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.

2) Help kill their phone lines. The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)

3) 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 provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-a9526ebadc65cf9 ... 558497927242748

SCAM!!! Claimed to be IRS calling, message stated to return call to prevent further action against us, and then wished us to 'have a nice day.' Was a robot recorded call. The IRS would never make such a call, they would send official correspondence.

I got a call this morning from 202-241-7158.  Left a badly recorded message on my phone.  I called them back and a man named David [couldn't understand the last name] answered and said he was with the Internal Revenue Service.  He said they had initiated a case against me and asked me if I was aware of it.  I said no and he said he was going to read some kind of legal record to me and to not interrupt, that afterwards I could ask questions.   He had a heavy Arabic accent and I said I meant no disrespect but I was having a hard time understanding him.  He immediately got mad, said I had an attitude and that I could just wait for the police to come and put me in handcuffs at my address.   Then he hung up on me.   He sounded VERY official and convincing. I googled the number and my first search, first item said this: 202-241-IRS.  I was really scared then. We have all heard about the IRS being obnoxious.  Then thought that an IRS agent surely wouldn't hang up on me, so searched more and found info on scams and this site.
Fyi, this guy had his speal down pat, and it was very scary.  One reverse search I did said the number was a Magicjack phone number.  Logic says the IRS wouldn't use a magicjack, lol, but I'm still a little freaked out.

This is just not right.  Only advise I can give is don't give them any more information than they already have.  They obviously had a phone number but am not sure if they had my name.  "David" said for verification purposes he needed my name, so now they have my first name. Ughhh.  

I feel sorry for the elderly who may be getting this same call and not have the resources to find out its a scam.

I wrote that the caller was from YMAX COMM CORP, and that is what a reverse lookup said but the caller said he was from the IRS.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

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Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.

I also got this phone call twice. I called them back knowing they were a scam and when they asked for my SSN I told them they were I knew who they were but they still called again.

Called saying they are the IRS and to call immediately.

This is not a legitimate call from the IRS.

Please see the following press releases:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Since this individual is impersonating the IRS you should also report it to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). You can send an email to Complaints@tigta.treas.gov or file an online complaint by completing their "Online Form" located on their website, http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

Please visit our "Report Phishing" website (http://www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing) and click on "Complaint Assistant". This will allow you to file a complaint with the FTC and identify the complaint as an IRS complaint.

Alternatively you can file a complaint directly with the FTC by visiting http://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov.

Whether you use the IRS link or file the complaint directly with the FTC, add "IRS Hostile Call" in the Comments section of the complaint.

Individuals who have been victimized by this scam and have provided one or more Green Dot MoneyPak numbers to the scammer should also notify Green Dot directly at 800-473-3636 to report the scam and open an investigation.

Regards,

phishing@irs.gov
Online Fraud Detection and Prevention (OFDP)
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of the Treasury

Got message that the caller was from IRS.  The number was 202-241-7158.   Did not return call.

get a message from 202-241-7158 saying that call from IRS and I need to call them back asap.