716-261-2185

Fake IRS scam from this number. Called me and claimed I owed them taxes and they were threatening to prosecute me.

Report the calls to the real IRS here:

IRS:   http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing
phishing@irs.gov
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

•If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
•If you don’t owe taxes, call and 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.

received message on cell phone that an officer so and so from the IRS was calling.  Woman with a heavy foreign accent, if didn't call back, "You'll be sorry".

I just got IRS fraud call just now. I am reporting the inspector general

Threatened me. Woman with heavy foreign accent

I've gotten the same call from 2 separate numbers now. One from NY, and one from VA (70383182834). I am a full time student and don't make enough money to pay taxes so this is ridiculous

716-261-2185 this is the number that called me. A middle eastern man stating he was an officer from the IRS, officer james morgan. Said the IRS isnt interested in me paying back the money because they are reporting it lost and stolen by me. Then he said the only way to fix the problem is to go to a local IRS office and pay $2477.22 with a cash bond and not to notify a third party because of it being a conflict of interest. said that the police would be arriving at my door in 45 mins and all my assets would have a lien on it and my bank accounts would be frozen. This would be another scam attempt against me.

I received a call of the similar nature this afternoon. I reported the call to the IRS fraud reporting line at phishing@irs.gov. Give them as much detail as possible.

I received a phone call from someone claiming to be a IRS officer by the name James Morgan he stated that I committed fraud on my taxes and owe the IRS money but I could settle this claim with him I told him what to do with the claim and stop calling my number because I no this a scam the IRS do not make these kind of calls.

Happened 2 me and father gave the money too.

Got the call and was duped cause my fatjer didnt tell me and went and paid him thru green dot money pack.

Received 2 identical call from this number. Very threatening. I did not return the call suspecting it was a scam since I am elderly and do not have any reason for the IRS to be calling.

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.

“This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country.  We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves.  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. “If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don’t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn’t the IRS calling.” Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail
Other characteristics of this scam include:
Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.
If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov.  Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.  This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to phishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam