646-760-5431

A foreign man left a message saying he was with the Criminal Investigation Department of the IRS. He said that there was a criminal investigation concerning me.  He told me I must call back or I would be arrested at my job.

It is NOT the real IRS!!  It is a scam & you will NOT be arrested.  The IRS mails letters if there is a problem.

   Samething happened to me as to Gale these foreigners need to bring in an English speaker to help them with there skam I hope they go to jail or get deported back to the hole from which they came.

Don't call back it's a scam

The IRS does not send telephone messages abt investigations or being arrested!!!   THEY ONLY NOTIFY BY MAIL.
DON'T RESPOND TO THESE FOREIGN SCUMBAGS THIEVES.

Same thing.Called and said i owe money for some miscalculation and if i don't pay i will be arested.When i told them to send me paperwork showing the mistake got angry and told me will send the sheriff to arest me.
My advice is don't give any info over the phone.There is a lot of scam

Just got the call today. I couldn't tell if they were speaking English all I could make out was IRS crime investigation and that I would be arrested at my home or my work....I had to laugh.  Somebody please deport these people.

A caution from the *real* IRS, excerpted:

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

... "Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,” says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. .... Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail.

source: "IRS Warns of Pervasive Telephone Scam" - 31 Oct 2013
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam


The FTC has issued similar warnings twice this Spring:

"Tax season may be over, but scammers posing as IRS officials continue to call, saying people owe taxes and better pay up. .... The IRS doesn’t ask people to pay with prepaid debit cards or wire transfers, and doesn’t ask for credit card numbers over the phone."

source: "Scammers continuing to pose as IRS agents" - 29 May 2014
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/scammers-continuing-pose-irs-agents

An amateurish and pathetic attempt at a phone scam:
Just got a call from a thickly-accented fellow claiming to be from the office of Brian O'Connor telling me I am under investigation by the Tax Criminal Investigation Office and that I should call 646 760 5431 in order to find out more.
I have reported this to the REAL Internal Investigation Service on line.

I recieved a voicemail from the same number also with a message saying that i will be arrested. i called back the number but at the same time i googled his number and this came up.He said that I owed the IRS $1800+. I asked what country he is in and he said hes in Guyana. He asked why Im asking< I told him that his accent is giving me a headache. He asked me if Im hebrew, he said that my accent is coming up as hebrew. Maybe he has some software who reads accents (which would be off). Then i asked him what my social is and he gave me my 5 digit zip code saying that those are the last 4 of my social. I told him that hes lucky that hes not in the US cause he would of been arrested.
Thank you all for posting.

I got same phone call from same phone number (646-760-5431). I asked his name and he told me his name is James O'Conner.

This is a scam.
1- they do not speak English properly.Yet their names are standard American names(origins of accent maybe of Indian or Pakistani descent) 2- they tell you they are Criminal Investigation Department of the IRS,
3- they threaten you that you will get arrested within 45 minutes of this call if you do not pay.
4- they are very rude, told me not to interrupt him until hes done talking and then I'll have time to ask questions. in his speech he tells me that this is very serious and that if not paid right away Iwill get arrested.
PLEASE DO NOT GET THREATENED BY THESE CROOKS. OUR GOV'T DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. IRS SENDS CERTIFIED LETTERS TO YOUR HOME. THEY DO NOT CALL YOU. IRS WANTS YOU TO CALL THEM.

The same phone call i got today with the same topic...very streng

I received same phone call from phone number 646-760-5431 I asked for the name and he told me he is Jack Marshall
(Indian accent guy). I told him that he is going to be reported to IRS and  FBI . All he did he hung up.

Voicemail from "officer James O Conor" from IRS and bank criminal investigation unit?!? fraud.

Something like this:
Ofc. Mike Smith of tax crime investigator of IRS called to say there was a tax complaint on your name and identity.  Your physical property are under investigation please return my call at said number and if you do not return my call, you may be facing legal action or may be arrested.

We received same type of call 2 occasions. When we challenged on second time, fellow put my wife on hold and then when got back on knew our address, and said that he is from taliban, has 2 friends from nigeria who will kidnap 2 of our children and kill them regards of ransom. Needles to say we called police and they took seriously as a result of threat and they said will contact FBI.
Just curious are any of you other victims "hebrews" as one of the commentators quoted or Jewish?

Make sure you report this to the real IRS here:

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 maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $50.00 or so.

Totally stupid scam.  IRS has no powers of arrest.  If there is an arrest in connection with (say) tax evasion the arrests are carried out by US marshals, but only after an indictment has been handed down by a grand jury.  These fools try to scare you and say the local police are going to arrest you for some error in your taxes.  Totally stupid.  But a lot of people apparently believe it.

Can't deport them; they are in India.