408-786-5713

I have received multiple calls from this number.  The person (male with heavy accent) claims to be an officer with the U.S. IRS.  He claims the IRS has issued a warrant for my arrest and I need to contact him immediately to pay the fine and resolve the matter.  Please be advised... this is a parasite in society trying to scam you!!

I have also received a call from this number telling me there is a warent out for my arrest and they are calling from the IRS. This is a scan. Beware

Received two calls on my cell phone within 4 hours from this number. Caller claims IRS wants me to contact them to discuss an open case of some sort. BooOoogus!!!

I received a call from this number from two males with heavy accent stating that they were officers from the IRS. They informed me that I had a warrant for my arrest and in order for the warrant to be taken off, I need to pay $2686. Their supposed name are Keren Smith and John Peterson. They are a scam and shouldnt be trusted.

They called saying that they were from the IRS and that they had a warrant for my arrest and that they needed my driver's license and or passport number.

Called me saying there's a warrant out for my arrest and I need to pay a fine to be free. Scam

Got the call today.  Amazing he gives his return number.  Can't we sic the IRS on him?  He's probably not reporting this scam as revenue.

Same story as other posts. Very heavily accented voice with the same threat and directions. Hope they find this guy and arrest him.

Unfortunately that will not happen since this operation is based overseas in a country that will never cooperate with our agencies.

Same story as other posts. The same person was calling before from Boston ,Ma.
Male with a heavy  accented voice with the same threat and directions.
This number has hundreds of callers who complain'd about the same issue.
Hope they find this guy and arrest him

This [***] just called me, left me two voicemails stating the same thing as the above post. Stating that he was from the IRS and there was a warrant for my arrest. He threatened by stating that a fine was overdue and needed to be paid. He was a man with a heavy Indian accent.

Ok good. I was scared cause my landline rang with this number and 20 seconds later my cell phone rang from the same exact number. Made me think it was something legit but at the same time I'm an unemployed college student so [***] could I have done? Call for mine said it was from San Jose California.

My dad receive this call with the same issue. Claiming it's the IRS. 4087865713

There is a widespread IRS (or CRA) or "tax scam" being  practiced by scammers on both USA and Canadian residents.

USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Phone-Scams-C ... 5-Filing-Season

Canadian tax payers should read this:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/nwsrm/lrts/2013/l131210-eng.html

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.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

UPDATES:
Recent news story:
http://www.wltx.com/story/money/2015/03/12/fa ... -scam/70202814/

Congressional hearing:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/tax-imp ... hearing-n341906

As stated already by many people, the guy with a foreign accent says he is from the IRS. I like to jerk them around for awhile and then tell them off.

This [***] and obvious criminal identified himself as an IRS officer. The first time he called I wasn't home, so he left a message urging me to call for the details of my arrest warrant. That time my caller ID said that call was from San Jose, CA. So, I called and nobody answered. Tried several more times and nobody answered. Later on, a call came in with the same number, but this time my caller ID said Sharon Wood. So, I began a conversation with this criminal and he gave me a male name of John McDonald, with a heavy Indian or Pakistani accent. I told him that I'm still waiting to be arrested and requested to speak to his supervisor. He hung up. I called again, made the same request and said that he was out, so, I asked for his name. He repeated he was out. I said that out or not, he can still give me his name and title. He said he can't disclose that information. I told him that federal employee names, title, and salary are public information. He hung up. He doesn't know he called a federal law enforcement officer. Obviously a criminal with criminal intentions. I don't owe a penny to the IRS. The IRS doesn't alert you by phone via a foreigner who refuses to give reasonable information. Do not fall for obvious scams like this one. Don't be shy to confront anyone who called your phone. These crooks are invading your peace, your home and your privacy, getting information from them is your best weapon to report them to your local FBI and the FCC. My residence is in the East coast. Why would an IRS agent or officer from California be calling me instead of my Regional IRS Office?

Most of these calls are coming from India and Pakistan to begin with.  They really have no clue what state is where, what numbers correspond exactly, let alone what our laws and how the agency's really work are.  They are using a lot of numbers and some of them are from Washington DC itself, others are different states around the country.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report.shtml
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 $40.00 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.

The callers are in India and Pakistan--they are beyond anyone' s reach.  Call blocker might help.

Freaked my husband out!

Got a call from this leach today it's an IRS scam that's been around for awhile. The IRS will never ever initiate contact over the phone. They will send to you in the mail.then you contact them. Sad to say that a lot of people still fall for this.