202-241-8518

Received a call from IRS telling me there was fraud on my taxes

Received a call from this number saying there was a law suit against me and my SS number. Call them right away.

ASIAN..They don't even speak Engrish

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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances - amount to harassment). 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://m.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-centr ... 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

Mr. Cooper (with a heavy Indian accent) claiming to be from the IRS said I owed $2000 in back taxes and had to pay immediately or the IRS would put a lien on my property and garnish my wages. Called the IRS, and was told I didn't owe anything and that it was a scam.  If these dirtbags have called, don't sweat it.

Nothing but a huge scam. Excellent information that you have provided. Thanks for sharing.

Robo-call stating that there are legal actions pending with the IRS and "your" taxes. Stated the we must "call 202-241-8518 immediately". As far as I know the IRS does not initiate a legal action by telephone on a Saturday morning before 8am. This is a SCAM!

They've left 3 messages today already saying there is a lawsuit against me and my "social profile".  

I received a robo-voicemail from the same numer as recently reported by others in this site; 'there is a lawsuit against me and my social profile' (whatever they think they have).
After doing a reverse lookup it's listed as a landline used by YMax Communication in DC
I Googled YMax, who invented MagicJack.  They are a voip provider, so you don't know who has the application/device.
I will take the advice from RexIRS and other by logging a complaint with the FTC and local Attorney General

Several calls last few days from this number saying they were from IRS and we owe back taxes and this amount must be paid immediately.  Foreign accent, we told them off, hung up.  They somehow stayed on line, we picked up phone minute alter and they were still on with their pitch.  Told them phone conversation was recorded and sent to police, they hung up, reported this number, SEVERAL TIMES to Do Not Call Registry and Dept. of Treasury.  Enough is enough!

The same IRS and its serious im being sued.

They( with Indian accent) pretend to to be IRS agents.

This number calls 10 times a day. I usually don't answer. Whenever I do they hang up. Today I decided to call the # back and surprisingly they answered. They are obviously an international call center with a heavy accent. They were trying to claim they were from the IRS. When I called them out on their B.S. They started to threaten me and say they were going to kill my family and f*ck my mom. They said they were from Packistan and worked w Osama Bin Laden and were going to kill Americans and blow up the new World Trade Center, etc, etc. I called back a few times and different people told me the same thing. They also said f*ck Africans and Black mamba's. I called the phone company and blocked their # and reported them to Ic3.gov who is linked to the FBI. Obviously they are harassing lot of people.

Indian accent using David Cooper that a lawsuit is being filed ...they even have the address of the courthouse in the area where I live (they do research that) and sound very legit but for sure the call from them is NOT the IRS as they do not identify themselves or refuse to provide any docs as to the "case" against you.
Thanks everyone for sharing and putting my mind at ease with this serious scam!!

recd a call claiming they are IRS, and we need to call immediately as we were going to be sued...A real bunch of B--- S--

I got a recording about being sued by the IRS. When I called back, I got a recording about Magic Jack. It ended by saying the number I had dialed had not been assigned to a customer.