202-241-7314

The computer-generated sounding message on my cell phone from this number (202-241-7314) said it was from "Julie Smith" with the IRS and that she needed to speak with me immediately. When I called I got a "Stephen Clark" (with a heavy Indian accent) who tried to convince me that he was from the Internal Revenue Service and that if we did not pay outstanding taxes immediately a warrant would be issued for me and my husband immediately and all our money seized. He said that while they had attempted to send me this information by registered mail twice, but nobody was home either time. Since I had moved last year, I was worried that this was possible. When I asked him about why this phone number wasn't a 800 number with an extension, he told me that it was a direct line and then he called my cell phone from another line and it showed as 1-800-829-1040... a number listed on the IRS.gov website. That made me almost believe them. Then he told me that while he couldn't resolve this situation, his supervisor "Alex Cooper" could help me. When I told "Alex" (another heavy Indian accent) that we did not have the money and started crying he finally took pity on me and admitted that this whole thing is a scam. PLEASE share this info about this phone number - I would hate to see someone lose their savings to this horrible scam.

I just received the same "Julie Smith" message. I also was worried. I called back. A foreign sounding male answered the phone. I asked him what this was in regards to. He said Julie Smith was not there and she will call me back.... Bet she will after reading these posts. Thank you for the warning.

Same msg and similar story as above. First a voice mail in Chinese accent from four different numbers. I called this number back. The accent changed to Middle Eastern, Pakistani or Indian - hard to tell, but whatever it was, it was a very bad accent. Threatened me with jail, for tax fraud and if I do not pay right away through "Alex Cooper". The crazy part was the background Muslim prayer calls. When did IRS move its offices to Cairo or Karachi? Obviously a scam. I told them so. He started screaming in some weird language - probably Arabic or whatever these Muslims speak.

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.

This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.  
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm

As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.

2) Help kill their phone lines but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)

3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-cen ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-a9526ebadc65cf9 ... 558497927242748

I received a call from this number but I knew it was a phony call so I hung up.

I also received a call from 202-666-4010 and when they tried to engaged me in conversation I told them that I knew it was a phony call and I hung up the phone.

I got a call from same number, Julie Smith and Stephen Clark - very intimidating.  When I googled the phone number I found this page describing the SCAM.  I am emailing the address above to report.  How frustrating!

The electronic message said "This is Hotline to My Divisionist.  202-241-7314 I repeat 202-241-7341.  Do not disregard this call or we will be forced to take action against you.  Goodbye and take care." I did not return call but searched the web.  Then went to 800 notes, going through Startpage.

I got the call, looked up and found this thread...so I called back (blocking my number) and told "Steven Clarke) that I was aware this was a scam and told him he was a POS and to get a real job!   Made me feel better!

I received the same kind of call from somebody who may have said that her name was Mary Smith, claimed she worked for the IRS, and that this call pertained to a specific case number.  After she was through reading her spiel, assuming that the call was not a robo-call, I yelled back into the phone telling the caller that she was an idiot, that the IRS does not make personal phone calls, especially on Saturday, and that I would report her call as an FTC violation, which I did on the FTC's electronic from for Do Not Call List violations.  I also called back the number and received a recording for "Magic Jack" telling me that the number I called was not assigned and that I could obtain that particular phone number.  I then tried to do a star 75 trace of the previous call, and my Comcast trace function went dead.  Also, I could not repeat a star 69 of the same number.  I then called my home phone number back using another phone line, it rang, but star 69 no longer worked until numerous minutes later.  I do not know how this entity was able to fornicate up star 69 and star 57 trace with my home phone line, but it did.  I tried to immediately call Comcast to try to report a malfunction of my Comcast phone line, but I could not succeed in calling back Comcast immediately after the call came in.  I do not know how this perpetuator of such a hoax was able to interfere with the normal functioning of my telephone for several minutes.  Some minutes later I was able to perform a star 69 and obtain the caller ID for the number I used to call back my own phone number to check out my telephone..  I do not know how this scammer was able to interfere with the normal functioning of my telephone line for several minutes after placing the call.  I do not know what kind of idiot is placing such calls and has the ability also to fornicate up a private phone line..

I received a call from this # on 10-17-14
and they left a recorded message saying that if I did not contact them right away they would be forced to take legal action.  They claim to be from the IRS. Today I called that # back and some foreign guy with a heavy middle eastern accident said his last name was Miller. He said that he worked for the criminal department of the IRS and that I owed them money. He said they did an audit from 2007-2013 and found that I was over paid and took the money and ran. I told him there's no way . I said I have been using TurboTax and he said that's not a person it's a program.  He said I took the money and ran that's why it's a criminal case now. He said that they were going to make an example out of me and send 2 cops to arrest me. I would be in jail for at least 7 days then have to go to court and have to pay 25,000 and or 5 yrs in prison. He said they would seize all of my assets. My vehicle, all my credit/debit cards, bank accounts and my drivers license for 5 yrs. I was freaking out big time. I said that's Bull [***] and he said then tell that to the 2 cops that are coming to arrest you.  My husband said it's a scam.