646-837-7462

Threatening message claiming the IRS has issued an arrest warrant and I should call back.

IRS does NOT call you, they only send you a letter.....also the Sheriff will not come out and arrest you ......just another scam!!!!!!!

Received a message from a foreign speaking male telling me to call their phone number as there is a legal notice against my name and he gave no company name from which he was calling, not sure which one of us this would apply to as there are two people in this household with different last names,  the caller said to call before this goes to the Federal Claim Courthouse or be arrested, if this caller calls back again I will answer the phone to tell him exactly what I think about the threat and that will not be something he's going to want to hear.

Same thing. Foreign male. Whole message was not on recorder so was a canned message not a live person.FBI should look at this.

Same thing. Didn't answer the call since it was from a New York phone number I didn't recognize. Told me that there was an arrest warrant for my address and something about an IRS lien. Very difficult to understand the thick accent. Another IRS scam.

Same as above comments. Claims they are IRS with no specific person named having a arrest warrant for tax fraud. So I called them back and a woman answers with just plain "Hello, IRS". So, I start messing with her right back. "No Comprende?!" She got angry immediately. That is not a typical level-headed government employee who doesn't give a S#1T about anyone. The number also comes up as a mobile sms number which is not going to be government either. I say mess with them since they are short tempered and criminal obviously. Or avoid it.

Same message the guy claimes I need to call them back because IRS has warrents out for my arrerst. and pay them the bill.  FBI should look into this!!

Received the same message as everyone else!

I also got a voicemail with the same guy. Called back and the lady answered... IRS.  Said this is not the IRS and the lady ... if u want to call it that. Hung up

Threatening message claiming the IRS has issued an arrest warrant and I should call back.

Yeah right......

Same experiences as everyone else

(same as everyone else) received a threatening message stating there was an arrest warrant out for my arrest due to irs fraud.  I'm pregnant, I don't need this crap.  Scum bags.

Also received this call with a message left on my cell phone: 646-837-7462 = reporting this number to the IRS. The police do not handle phish'ing calls. This is a threatening call. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER BACK.

received the very same call as everyone else threatening with any arrest warrant  the man who left the message had a
thick accent and was difficult to understand had to play the recording 4 times before  I could make out the message
the matter it is not right  for hard working people to receive these type of scam calls and try getting money
from us I am really nervous about the whole  thing

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

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

Had a slight British accent mixed with something else. Maybe he was practicing for a career onstagre...anyway I may call back to play with him.

Said there was an arrest warrant already issued for me by the IRS and instructed me to call him back. very thick accent like British and something else. Had to play the message back several times and still had difficulty understanding. I have been getting all kinds of unsolicited calls and am really getting sick and tired of it.

i received a call from the above number --stating they were the IRS and an arrest warrant was issued for me ---thick accent very rude on my answering machine i called back and ask them what company they were with and he stated IRS --i told him NO YOUR NOT ---and was told to go to hell ---lol yep sounds like something the IRS would do

Got that same threatening message, requesting a call back to 646-837-7462.  Why can't the authorities use this number to catch the jerk and throw him in jail?

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/