202-800-7730

Some Indian guy called me twice trying to pretend that he was from the IRS. Told him to pound sand.

Received a call at 7:38a from Indian man stating he was from the IRS and that this was a time sensitive call.  Told me not to ignore this call or else. Then he wished me good luck and a blessed day.  I have worked with the IRS, have friends who are IRS agents, NO one in this agency would wish you a blessed day if the call was as bad as he made out to be.  It is a scam as far as I am concerned!! Will be blocking the number in just a minute.

An IRS officer with weird accent called, claiming tax fraud and time sensitive matter. In the background was Muslim prayer call. Don't make no sense. This has to be a scam by an Islamic gang. Pakistan? India? Arab states? Muslim terrorists?

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

Got the call many times today., claiming to be Alex Watson (as best as I could understand the accent) from IRS Hq, and That I have a criminal lawsuit against me and tomorrow I will be arrested.  Asked for more info, and he just kept reiterating how I will be arrested for 3 years. Told him I already have a payment plan set up, and he responded that "in the email last week, explains why it was rejected"  Asked why I wasn't contacted by mail or phone til now, and they were 'just too busy' . Not his concern. Sit back and wait. Very threatening.

My gentleman identified himself as a paralegal at a law firm calling about a criminal case against me. I never got to the scam part -- when he couldn't provide any info, I ended the call. Thanks for everyone posting here -- there's always a tiny part of you that worries "what if that was real?"

I got a voice mail on my cell phone similar to what you all have been talking about.  Twice, Monday and Tuesday

The caller had an Indian accent, much static in the background.  I couldn't even make out his name or where he was from.  But when I go back and listen again, I can make out IRS, but still cannot make out a name. His demeanor was very threatening.  This all seems  strange because I am not in trouble with the IRS.  When I Googled the phone number, I found all of these other similar complaints.  I thought this was a scam!

I tried to call the phone number back that was left.  Now there is a busy signal.  Hopefully this scam has been shut down!

So I got a call from (202) 800-7730 claiming they were from the IRS but hearing his accent, it sounded more like Indians R Us.  He kept calling so I went off on him and he said why am I abusive so I told him you haven't seen abusive, wait till I find you and I'll show you abusive. =)  He finally left a message and said he will call my employer and will get fired and no one can save me now. LOL

I received a call from someone with a foreign accent (possibly Indian) who claimed to be working for the IRS and said there was a criminal charges against me and that I would be arrested.  I asked him what the charges were and he told me he wasn't allowed to say.  He told me to call (202) 800-7730 and ask for Alex Watson.  I did and a man claiming to be Alex Watson (also with a foreign accent) told me that a warrant has been issued for my arrest for failing to pay my taxes.  The police will arrest me at work Monday and that I will probably lose my job.  I hung up and called my lawyer.  He called that number and pretended to be me.  They told him the time for talk ,had passes and that I will be arrested Monday morning.  A little while later, the called me back and cursed me.  The said, you called us back again you mother f----.  I called the state police and was informed that this is quite common.  I asked her if I should get an unblinded number and she told me that she has an unlisted number and still gets these callers.

i got a call.\vm l from am Eric Watson from the IRS...bogus. I called back and it said the number he was calling was no longer the person calling...obviously a scam.  So I waited a little longer (a few minutes) and then I got a call back from Eric asking me why I keep calling back and I told him that I am tired of getting his calls and I don't know why he keeps calling me but he said he is calling for xxx and that he would be going to jail of 3 years and I said I don't give a [***] why he is going to jail for but he has the wrong number then he told me to [***] and I told him that only guys with small dicks say that and especially Muslims like it up the [***] and I couldn't help him with that...he went ballistic with that comment.  Is that not true?  Why would a ma with a big dick need someone to suck it?  DUH....this is such a scam and obviously he has a small dick so don't respond or answer these calls...LOL  He has a small dick!!!!