510-214-8871

This is a scam where they tell you that you are the suspect in a crime and they need your mailing address. I told him this was a scam and if I'd committed a crime the police would be at my door. He said he was calling from California Jidiciary blah blah (said very fast) in Oakland and that I would find out in 3 hours.

Indian scammer.

Man with heavy Indian accent claiming to be David Brown of the Department of Legal affairs for the US Treasury. Told me to call the number to talk to his boss about a law suit against me that was going to be filed.

My ex texted me saying a man from "Dept of Legal Affairs" with a foreign accent left a message to call him if i didnt want a "legal mess". I felt froggy because i had just heard of this scam last week. I called back. He had a thick accent. Said he was from legal affairs at the dept of treasury. Said i would be arrested and he needed the contact info of my attorney. I said i didnt know why i was in trouble. He says i didnt pay my federal taxes. He identified me by me telling him what number he left the message on. He called me by my middle name (all legal stuff is under my first name). He said 3 notices had been sent to me "via email". I told him if this were legit it would have been received certified mail and to close the call i informed him i had just received my tax return.

VoIP phone#510 214  8871 caller identified himself as Ron Baxter from dept of legal affairs  US treasury
Informing me of a case against me regarding payroll tax. Told him that I am not working and this could
not be. He told me I will be arrested. I told him to send it to me in writing and I hang up. This is his second
call. The first time he called it was a different area code 347 so they use different # at times.

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

Got phone call yesterday and today. Said he was from the IRS department of legal affairs and that i had a debt that i didn't pay. I informed him that there was no such department.  Asked how I knew and told him did my research. He then proceeded to curse at me so i hung up. Had a thick indian accent and called from a VOIP number. SACM.

He called saying he was Ron Baxter from irs he threatened to arrest me for not paying taxes from 2002 I do my taxes with h n r block I don't owe any taxes