202-241-2296

Scammers state that they are from The criminal nvestigation division. They stated that I've conducted criminal fraud in the State of Texas after an audit of my Tax returns. When I asked if he was with the IRS. I said really? He said yes and if I don't comply that the local police will be dispatched to my home (I lived in Illinois all my life) and be arrested! I said that the IRS sends a Registered Letter regarding any audit or investigation. The don't some stupid Packistani or Indian scammer with terrible English skills to call first! Poor elderly people who get scared and scammed!

I received the same message on my voice mail, and it sounded stupid,

i received a call from 202-241-2296 he was saying his name is Max Morgan. he said he is from IRS and calling for IRS audit. total stupid and fake.

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.

Do consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $60.00 or so.

Insisted that he was going to send a lawyer to my home with documents to sign, and if I don't take care of this matter that I cheated on my Income Tax, that I would go to Jail under a Fed. offense.  Really, I never cheat anyone, anything, I just have a problem believing this is for real.????

If the IRS needed to contact you, they likely would not do so by phone. Also, they would've contacted you by mail long before it got to this point.

I have been getting phone calls from this number twice a day since a month ago.  I have not picked up the phone, since I searched this number on line and found out that it is scam.  Since I know I have not done anything wrong and any legal matter is usually is treated by certified mail, I refuse to answer that call and I have to find the way to block that number.

They called me

We received a call on the home landline on Saturday 7/12 from Officer Logan Smith on tel. 202-241-2296. He said he was from Criminal Investigation and was call regarding "a miscalculation on income tax returns." It didn't sound right 1. IRS always communicate via post and/or directly with our accountant/taxation lawyer. 2. What government department would call on a Saturday?!

I just received a call from 202-241-2296, said his name was "Jim Arthur" with the Criminal Investigation Division and said there was a warrant issued and a federal criminal investigation underway on my home address. If I don't return the call, local police department will be notified and a "serious situation will unfold on you". Blocking.

This is a well known IRS scam perpetrated - in this particular case - from Pakistan (these scammers use Magicjack Voice over IP phones which makes them appear to call from the US capital). You can usually tell by the thick accents. Sometimes they use spoofed numbers to seem real.

Please read:
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm

Everyone else who reads this, please do not fall for such a laughable attempt at stealing your money. The IRS never calls directly to open a case.

LOGAN SMITH is a [***] ,HE IS CALLING ME AGAIN AND AGAIN..

Getting to much call from this fake IRS

Called me on 07/12 I didn't answer, was screening thru machine, "Special Agent Logan Smith regarding tax fraud". I knew this was a scam, picked it up he asked for me, never told him yes or no, he said they had a warrant I said then I guess local pd will be out to serve it, then he started to yell so I hung up. If I was a legit criminal I would've said thanks for the heads up dude Im packing right now to leave!

No it isn't.  It's an Indian scam.

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