202-657-6092

Recording claimed to be IRS final warning of a law suit being filed against me and to call 202-657-6092.  Might possibly be true with the current IRS administration because I actually kept a little of the money I earned last year.

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 tophishing@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-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Our police department has received numerous complaints about the IRS scam.  If you get a call such as this, hang up on the caller.  

Caller said final notice on law suit. Knew it was a scam so did not call back

I received a call from this number. The message was automated, and my voicemail only picked up part of it ..."So don't try to disregard this message. Do return the call as soon as possible before and legal allegations take place. Now if you don't return the call and I don't hear form your attorney either the only thing I can do is wish you a god luck as the situation unfolds on you. Goodbye."
I don't owe anyone any money for anything, so has to be a scam. Will be adding number to my auto-block list.

I just got the same message.

Scammmmm that just called me I hung up but funny cause I just got my tax return yesterday ..they must work for its or have a inside connect. To have just call the next day after I received my check. .scammmmmmm they going on block now

I have received this number and then I decided to call it back on a different cell phone.I ask him his name he replied his name was James Bond 007. The Foreigner told me that he was with the Obama White Cross and that he hated America.

Seems that they're at it again. Received a call June 10, 2016 . Recording said "  there is a deficiency in your  income tax" It goes on to say to call this number back, or "good luck". The vocabulary usage in the script indicates that the author is not a native English speaker  It's a D.C. number, but could this be one of those overseas scams? Am I the only one who wonders why these scammers can'y be traced and prosecuted? Ther're using the same cell phone number and doing this over a number of years. . Can't cell phone locations be traced?

They keep calling threatimg me about IRS. And jail

I received several calls from 202-657-6092 stating was with the IRS and that they have been trying to deliver information for delinquent taxes. Had my name and address?? I don't owe any taxes so when I started questioning the person. The call was disconnected and now when I call this number I get a busy signal.

I have had 11 phone calls from this exchange since April.  One message said it was for a "debt" from the IRS.