202-241-7165

left voice message - is IRS scam phonecall - said "Hi officer Julie Smith from Internal Revenue Service and the hotline to my division is 202-241-7165. I repeat it's 202-241-7165. Don't disregard this message and do return the call before we take any action against you. Goodbye and take care."

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

I keep calling every 15 minutes and telling them they are not the IRS.  They gave up and told me that they were from Pakistan.  I had fun bugging them, they have not picked up my call again.  I think everyone should call them back with*67 to block your number and bug them so they stop doing this.

Thank you. Got the exact same message.

received same voice message on a Saturday afternoon. Received call 2 days later stating that I had an affidavit against me and everything could be seized and I could be arrested and sent to prison. They also stated that if I didn't have an attorney, one would be provided for me.

Call saying they were irs

Wow mine was scary, they asked me if my lawyer was present as they were taking legal action against me.

They scam called my 82 year old mother today.  Very scary and threatening with criminal charges, sheriff coming to the door, seizing all her assets within an hour after she hangs up.

They didn't ask for any money or additional info.  But she confirmed her name.  

What happens next?  What do they do with this info?

Their script goes roughly like this (I know this from numerous scambaiting calls; although there are different groups with slightly differing approaches, the original idea is the same everywhere):
When you call back they will first ask you for your telephone number. Why not your SSS or TIN? Their robocalls are systematic and based on lists with a small file attached to each number using information freely available over the internet (or sometimes compiled by less than honest call center workers). They will look up your file based on your number.
After they read their phony "affidavit" to you (can take several minutes) and threaten you with arrest within the next 45-60 minutes for tax fraud they will offer you a way out (because you have never been arrested etc.) by paying the IRS a fee that you have to transfer immediately (!) by "government certified bonds" (sometimes they use other lame explanations). These "bonds" turn out to be prepaid debit cards (like green dot money pak) and they will accept no other payment. They will ask you to take all the cash in your house plus whatever you can get out of an ATM, take it to the next CVS, Walgreens etc. that carries these cards (they will helpfully guide you to the nearest one using your address and - likely - google maps) and upload it onto the card. Then they ask you to read the codes from the back of the cards and while you are doing this they transfer it to different prepaid cards they have organized (or a paypal account) and the money is gone. Literally gone, you can't get it back and that's what they are after. All the while they make you stay on the phone so you can't call someone else or check the internet (which is an obvious risk to them as they might lose their grip on you), sometimes threatening you with jail time or other absurd things to keep you on the line. Senior citizens and immigrants are most vulnerable to this technique. Please spread this information as widely as possible to help protect others.

I received a call (voicemail) from this number: (202) 241-7165

They state it is the IRS and not to ignore the call. I am to call the number back before further action is taken.

Must be a scam

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

Please refrain from spamming the same thing repeatedly

unknown caller with a disturbing attorney message.

Just got the call from Officer Julie Smith. Caller ID said: Washington DC (202) 241-7165.  Recorded message basically saying my attorney or myself needed to get in touch ASAP.  Red Flag went up so I googled the name and number and not surprisingly, I'm not the first to receive the call. I've "bugging them back" as suggested above, *67 spam calling them back.   It's usually busy, but I finally got a South Asian sounding man, so I asked if Officer Julie Smith was in and he said no, claimed to be her manager, and asked for my phone number.  I didn't give it to him and started asking him more questions. Is this the IRS? Where are you located? His best answer was: "In your mom's hairy p*$$y."  These clowns need to be shut down before somebody's mom falls for it.