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Person with a strong foreign accent called to collect an IRS debt. They said there was an error on my tax return and you could hear people in the background talking. I deal with the IRS for my job and know they do not contact people by phone. I told him what he was doing was fraudulent and against the law and eventually he just hung up on me. Total complete scam.

Thank you for this.  I wish these scammers would stop targeting me.

I received a similar call from a person with a foreign accent saying he was from the IRS and I was going to have a warrant for my arrest if I did not purchase a tax voucher in cash. I told him I was recording the call so that I could report the scam and he finally hung up on me.

I got a similar call from someone that sounded Indian. I looked up the number while I was talking to them and noticed your messages on the number and also went to the IRS site and a warning about a phone scam.  I mentioned this to the caller and told them that I wanted to call IRS directly to get more info and verify things and they hung up.

I received one of these calls today.
Shows Bainbridge Island Washington.
Message is IRS filing a law suite.

There is a widespread IRS or "tax scam" being  practiced by scammers on both Canadian and USA residents.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.

Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html

If you were contacted by an IRS impostor, you may file a report, after clicking on this link:
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.

If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.

By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.

Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.

They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.

Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.

The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.

If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/pf/taxes/irs-tax-scams/

Fake IRS call trying to get me to call back saying the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me. A robot voice told me to call this number back. I filed a formal complaint on https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=39744 and you should too.

Typical IRS scam, posing as an agent said if I don't send the money they will seize assets.

Same thing happened to me today>

Fake IRS call trying to get me to call back saying the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me. A robot voice told me to call this number back. I filed a formal complaint on https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=39744 also.

IRS scammers from India located in Seattle WA calling looking for personal information  report it to local PD

Caller said she was with IRS - lots of people talking in background - checked this site for info on caller id & hung up

Scammers trolls infidels......Stop calling my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Person with a strong foreign accent called to collect an IRS debt. They said there was an error on my tax return and you could hear people in the background talking. I deal with the IRS for my job and know they do not contact people by phone. I told him what he was doing was fraudulent and against the law and eventually he just hung up on me. Total complete scam.
Call came from Bainbridge WA.

Foreign accent, talking in background,  claimed to be 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 getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

Your best bet to stop these calls are a call blocking device or phone.

I have had no fewer than 10 calls from this number. It is a scam!! The heavy foreign accent and the fact that the person refuses to provide any official IRS credential information and demands money is all over the news. DO NOT provide this person with any information.

Received a call on my cell phone from someone who could barely speak English. there were people in the background talking loudly and she kept asking if my name was Kenneth. I could tell that this was a total scam call right away.

Called, asked for an unknown person. Called again, I told them to stop calling, and the Asian man on the phone said he would find me and shoot me in the street. Yes, I am serious. Police reports filed. You're lucky I don't live in Washington, son of a [***], and I hope you say that to the wrong person.