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Same thing happened to me. same #,  So scary!

This is a scam. Nice try shilly but nope! Reported Enjoy your pretty shiny stamps!

Well Mike Arthur, its a scam! No one is going to give you anything. Nice try shilly but it isn't happening!

Informational Post:
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.

This is some coward hiding behind a magicJack device plugged in at some God-forsaken corner of the world where there is Internet service.  He's no better than a common criminal using a magicJack device and your fear the same way a common thief uses a toy pistol hidden in the pocket of his overcoat to make a bulge that looks like a real gun.

You can verify that this is a magicJack number by searching for it at http://www.phonevalidator.com .

Phonevalidator.com does not keep track of numbers ported into and out of the various blocks administered by each phone company.  The most accurate information is only available to the phone companies, and you aren't going to be able to access this information.  For example, it is possible for someone to port their home phone number to a magicJack number without phonevalidator.com knowing about that.

However, there is reason to believe that this is a number originally assigned to a magicJack device:

(1) YMAX Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of magicJack, and assigns numbers to their devices.  magicJack makes almost all of their money selling these devices and the phone service that goes with these devices.

(2) Although it is theoretically possible to assign a number out of a YMAX Corp. block of numbers, it seems very unlikely that anyone ever does this, because the cost of using a magicJack is so low that it would be uneconomical to do so.

(3) In theory, at least, in some states it may be possible to get a YMAX Corp. number without using a magicJack device, it seems very unlikely that anyone would actually do so, because they may use a proprietary protocol for their service, and interconnections to the nationwide telephone system may not be perfectly reliable or even available in some cases.

On the other hand, a magicJack device is very convenient for scammers, especially those from overseas:

(1) They can access the United States and Canada without paying overseas calling fees from anywhere there is Internet service.  This means that the incremental cost per call, incoming or outgoing, is zero or close to zero.

(2) They are assigned a U.S. or Canadian number from YMAX Corp., so the person being called cannot know where the scammer is actually calling from.

(3) MagicJack devices can easily be obtained overseas and appear to come with a "free registration" (i.e., a free number) that you can use for a period of time after the device is purchased, usually at a very low cost to the scammer.

(4) The audio quality is very good, and can be used to give the impression of a busy call center by playing recordings of people taking or making calls in the background, even if the scammer has only one device.

and

(5)  They are readily obtainable outside of the United States for about $100 US and can come with up to a year of free calling to the U.S. and Canada.  See, for example,
http://magicjack.in .

In addition to the regular reporting channels, e.g., the Department of the Treasury, the FTC, and/or your local state attorney general's office, you might also report the abuse to YMAX Corp.  I have seen reports that they are pretty good at responding to complaints and may be able to permanently shut off a magicJack device, if necessary, so that it can never be used again.

The YMAX Corp. main web page is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com
and their site giving information on how to lodge a complaint is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com/contact.html

Note that the "contact" website gives a clickable link to a "live chat" where you can make your complaint.

Similar story to so many on this page. A heavily Indian accented"officer Lorid" Caller left message at my parents home to state that there was a federal warrant that I need to address. Gave me badge # 1593 . . Stated material was time sensitive. What a pain.

It looks like this guy or guys are busy. I received same message from agent Jim Arthur, thick accent, same phone number to warn about warrant for arrest and reported it. I hope nobody fell for their scam.

Just received telephone call from this number. He called himself jim author had an indian accent with an american name.  I knew immediately it was a scam.  He told me that i owed money to the irs and the local police were going to arrest me. I told him so let them come and arrest me i am home now.  I started to laugh and so did he. lol

Second call from this# in two weeks. First call garbled, second much clearer. "Ruben (or Logan) Smith, spec. agent Crime Inv. Div., Fed.Badge # 1593, issue extremely time sensitive & urgent because warrant issued against you. This needs to be rectified immediately.Call as soon as possible.Crime Div.line is:" (The aforementioned #). These were on ans. machine. I called a relative in law enforcement (Detective)- definite scam DON'T call them back! THEN I found this website here- many other victims of this crap!

I get this threatening message telling me I am in trouble with the IRS.  It's always delivered by some guy with a thick Indian or Nigerian accent.  The line is full of static.  You can hear others in the background delivering the same message.  It's a scam, ignore it.  This is not how the IRS notifies people.  They do it through the mail.  

Really, it's so blatantly a fraud that it's funny.  

a indian accent guy called me telling me there was a warrant on my arest because of taxs. I panic because in reality it is impossible for me to have tax problems. HE SAID HIS NAME WAS ERIC WATSON THE PHONE NUMBER WAS 1240 752  6989. HE SAID HE IS AS IRS OFFICIER . I NEEDED TO PAY HIM A VOULTURE OF $3400 HE WOULD NOT LET ME GO OFF THE PHONE FOR ABOUT 45 AND KEPT THRETENING ME OF LOSING EVERYTHING.

Total scam.  Originates in either India or Pakistan.  
See:  http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... ve-Telephone-Sc
Report them:
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam_ok.shtml

RS does not file lawsuits.  IRS does not issue warrants.  Tax disputes are civil matters.  90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively.  IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes.   If LE is necessary, US Marshals do the job.  IRS does not cold call anyone and all contacts are initiated by US mail.  Ignore these kinds of calls.

I received a call from someone claiming to by Officer Jim Arthur of the IRS, badge number 0786, saying I was going to be arrested for tax fraud.  He had my home phone number and address.  The call had a bad connection and he spoke in broken English.  It was obviously some sort of scam, but he did not ask for money.  The number he used was (347) 434-5396.

I received the call from Jimmy Arthur as well. But wats surprising is I got a call from 845-627-1487.I looked up this number and it seems to be NY IRS office. Confused.

It could be that the scammers are spoofing a real IRS number.

If there is any chance that you might really owe money to the IRS look uo their phone number and call it.  Call any IRS number except this one.

I got the call from the same guy and from same number. They probably porting the irs number and threatning the people