8008297650

ok heres an update to my last post, this IS a valid IRS number.  so I do urge ppl to call back, but DO NOT give the person on the phone your social security number, they should have it if they are truly the IRS and are trying to reach you.  They do contact ppl via phone, what has happened is someone who owes taxes has listed YOUR phone number as their contact number.   when you call back they will ask for your social but when you say you do not want to give it, they will ask for your reference case number, and what your name is to see if it matches.  when it does not, which is most of the time, they will may notations to your file and you will not get the call again.

You are correct that number isn't listed. It seems to be a scam. See below from the IRS website.

IRS Warns of New E-Mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name; Advance Payment Scams Starting


Updated April 21, 2008

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     Some people have received phone calls about the economic stimulus payments, in which the caller impersonates an IRS employee. The caller asks the taxpayer for their Social Security and bank account numbers, claiming that the IRS needs the information to complete the processing of the taxayer's payment. In reality, the IRS uses the information contained on the taxpayer's tax return to process stimulus payments, rather than contacting taxpayers by phone or e-mail.

       
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     An e-mail claiming to come from the IRS about the "2008 Economic Stimulus Refund" tells recipients to click on a link to fill out a form, apparently for direct deposit of the payment into their bank account. This appears to be an identity theft scheme to obtain recipients' personal and financial information so the scammers can clean out their victims' financial accounts. In reality, taxpayers do not have to fill out a separate form to get a stimulus payment or have it directly deposited; all they had to do was file a tax return and provide direct deposit information on the return.

IR-2008-11, Jan. 30, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and beyond.

The IRS cautioned taxpayers to be on the lookout for scams involving proposed advance payment checks. Although the government has not yet enacted an economic stimulus package in which the IRS would provide advance payments, known informally as rebates to many Americans, a scam which uses the proposed rebates as bait has already cropped up.

The goal of the scams is to trick people into revealing personal and financial information, such as Social Security, bank account or credit card numbers, which the scammers can use to commit identity theft.

Typically, identity thieves use a victim’s personal and financial data to empty the victim’s financial accounts, run up charges on the victim’s existing credit cards, apply for new loans, credit cards, services or benefits in the victim’s name, file fraudulent tax returns or even commit crimes. Most of these fraudulent activities can be committed electronically from a remote location, including overseas. Committing these activities in cyberspace allows scamsters to act quickly and cover their tracks before the victim becomes aware of the theft.

People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or years — and their hard-earned money — cleaning up the mess thieves have made of their reputations and credit records. In the meantime, victims may lose job opportunities, may be refused loans, education, housing or cars, or even get arrested for crimes they didn't commit.

The most recent scams brought to IRS attention are described below.
Rebate Phone Call

At least one scheme using the word “rebate” as part of the lure has been identified. In that scam, consumers receive a phone call from someone identifying himself as an IRS employee. The caller tells the targeted victim that he is eligible for a sizable rebate for filing his taxes early. The caller then states that he needs the target’s bank account information for the direct deposit of the rebate. If the target refuses, he is told that he cannot receive the rebate.

This phone call is a scam. No legislation has yet been enacted that would allow the IRS to provide advance payments to taxpayers or that determines the details of those payments. Moreover, the IRS does not force taxpayers to use direct deposit. Those who opt for direct deposit do so by completing the appropriate section of their tax return, with bank routing and account information, when they file; the IRS does not gather the information by telephone.    
Refund e-Mail

The IRS has seen several variations of a refund-related bogus e-mail which falsely claims to come from the IRS, tells the recipient that he or she is eligible for a tax refund for a specific amount, and instructs the recipient to click on a link in the e-mail to access a refund claim form. The form asks the recipient to enter personal information that the scamsters can then use to access the e-mail recipient’s bank or credit card account.

In a new wrinkle, the current version of the refund scam includes two paragraphs that appear to be directed toward tax-exempt organizations that distribute funds to other organizations or individuals. The e-mail contains the name and supposed signature of the Director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations business division.

This e-mail is a phony. The IRS does not send unsolicited e-mail about tax account matters to individual, business, tax-exempt or other taxpayers.

Filing a tax return is the only way to apply for a tax refund; there is no separate application form. Taxpayers who wish to find out if they are due a refund from their last annual tax return filing may use the “Where’s My Refund?” interactive application on this Web site, IRS.gov. The only official IRS Web site is located here at www.irs.gov.
Audit e-Mail

Another new scam brought to IRS attention contains features not seen before by the IRS.  Using a technique calculated to get almost anyone’s attention, the e-mail notifies the recipient that his or her tax return will be audited. This is the first scam of which the IRS is aware that uses this to get the victim to respond.

Unusual for a scam e-mail, it may contain a salutation in the body addressed to the specific recipient by name. Most scam e-mails seen by the IRS are sent using the same technique used by spammers, in which hundreds of thousands of messages are sent to potential victims based on Internet address. Because of the volume, the typical scam e-mail is not personalized.

This e-mail instructs the recipient to click on links to complete forms with personal and account information, which the scammers will use to commit identity theft.

This e-mail is a phony. The IRS does not send unsolicited, tax-account related e-mails to taxpayers.
Changes to Tax Law e-Mail

This bogus e-mail is addressed to businesses, accountants and “Treasury” managers. It instructs them to download information on tax law changes by clicking on a series of links to publications on businesses, estate taxes, excise taxes, exempt organizations and IRAs and other retirement plans. The IRS believes that clicking on a link downloads malware onto the recipient’s computer. Malware is malicious code that can take over the victim’s computer hard drive, giving someone remote access to the computer, or it could look for passwords and other information and send them to the scamster. There are other types of malware, as well.

The urls contained in the link are not legitimate IRS Web addresses. All IRS.gov Web page addresses begin with http://www.irs.gov/.  
Paper Check Phone Call

In a current telephone scam, a caller claims to be an IRS employee who is calling because the IRS sent a check to the individual being called. The caller states that because the check has not been cashed, the IRS wants to verify the individual’s bank account number. The caller may have a foreign accent.

In reality, the IRS leaves it entirely up to the individual to choose to cash or not cash a paper check. The IRS has no business need to know, and does not ask for, bank account or similar information, except when taxpayers indicate on their tax return that they are opting for the direct electronic deposit of their refund. In that case, however, it is the individual’s responsibility to provide the IRS with the correct bank routing and account numbers on the tax return; the IRS does not contact taxpayers to verify the information.
What to Do

Anyone wishing to access the IRS Web site should initiate contact by typing the IRS.gov address into their Internet address window, rather than clicking on a link in an e-mail or opening an attachment.

Those who have received a questionable e-mail claiming to come from the IRS may forward it to a mailbox the IRS has established to receive such e-mails, phishing@irs.gov, using instructions contained in an article titled “How to Protect Yourself from Suspicious E-Mails or Phishing Schemes.” Following the instructions will help the IRS track the suspicious e-mail to its origins and shut down the scam. Find the article by visiting IRS.gov and entering the words “suspicious e-mails” into the search box in the upper right corner of the front page.

Those who have received a questionable telephone call that claims to come from the IRS may also use the phishing@irs.gov mailbox to notify the IRS of the scam.  

The IRS has issued previous warnings on scams that use the IRS to lure victims into believing the scam is legitimate. More information on identity theft, phishing and telephone scams using the IRS name, logo or spoofed (copied) Web site is available on this Web site. Enter the terms “phishing,” “identity theft” or “e-mail scams” into the search box in the upper right corner of the front page.

I agree that a lot of the posts here are FROM the scammers, trying to rope you in and make it sound legit.  The IRS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, sends you certified snail mail.  You get a notice IN WRITING.  If in doubt, just go into your local IRS office and talk to someone directly.

SCAM!

This is not a scam the number is clearly written on their website at the bottom of http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=100551,00.html page.

It is legit, but you are better off calling 800-829-1040 and getting transfered to the collection dept. Give them the case number. My case was they had my name but wrong middle initial. They were looking for someone else and I got it all cleared up. I had gotten many calls over the years because our names are the same and we live close to each other so I gave the irs his address and phone number so they can find him.

So the 800 number is legit - but to feel save you should just call 800-829-1040 so you know you are with the IRS. The lady at the 7650 number was a [***] anyway and it took 30 min for anyone to answer. Just hit Zero

This is the IRS folks, sorry.  You can find the number on the IRS website. We received the same message as everyone else. Called back and were told it was because they received our return late, even though it was postmarked by the 15th, they didn't get it until the 3rd so it was still considered it "late."

Anyway, they had our money and cashed the check already and that was all they cared about ;)

It did take a long time for someone to figure our why we had received a message.  

Don't hide from the IRS folks, they will always track you down! If you owe back taxes and just contact them upfront your life will be much less stressed than if you hide out and ignore back taxes. Trust me, been there, done that ;)

Peace out- taxes pay for military, roads, schools and good stuff!

I called the IRS at the 1-800-829-1040 number to discuss my tax levy and they transferred me to the collections department to discuss it. They gave me the number 1-800-829-7650 in case I got disconnected. Its a legit number and they actually helped me lower my levy and make a more affordable payment...I wouldn't worry about it unless you owe a [***] ton of money, in that case, you should worry :-)

Definate scam. I called the IRS. They don't use case numbers. Further, they have your SSN, date of birth, blood type and current location of your spouse.  The case number I was given was actually another IRS phone number. The ID# he gave me (which they don't give to the public) would have been for someone out of the jurisdiction.

Yes YOU DID.

YES YOU DID

for ph# 800-829-7650, goto link: www.irs.gov
Click Indivivuals.
In search field input:  
Federal Payment Levy Program
click first link.
AT the bottom of the page, you will see 800-829-7650

hi everybody so me too I got call from this number 800-829-7650 ,they said its regarding you return revenue ,but i did not call them back because the number was masked ,so they left a voice message , i dont trust that kind of things and i am not gonna give my information to anyone through the phone until i get really sure with who i am talking

This is the automated collections services (ACS) division of the IRS. They are after a delinquent tax debt.

I got the call tonight, called back, they asked for my ssn and couldn't give it to them. They then asked for my name, so I gave them that and they said the account is not in my name and they would remove my telephone from that account.

So I guess that some one who lived in my house previously didn't pay something and they searched the address and got the current phone number listed and just called it.

It's best to call, don't give ssn and see what they want...

I hope this helps

Dave

My experience sounds like everybody else's on here.  When I called and told the guy that I had received an automated call, he sounded surprised.  This was last Friday, and I didn't think about it possibly being a scam until today.  If it is a scam, and they try to use my SS# to try to get credit or anything, the joke's on them. LOL

Forgot, it came up as Private Caller on the Caller ID, but they left a message with the phone number on it.  Got the call twice, so I figured it was legit.

This is a scam and you must work for them because I have gotten this call before . Called the Internal Revenue service and they have said that they don't contact you in this manner . "PEOPLE" they call you at the last minute so you can't call them back and so they can freak you out and make you worry so that way you won't be thinking when you enter your information the next day when you call them . YOu can report this number to the Internal revenue service and the Federal Burea of investigation has a link on there site as to where you can report scams .
If it is truly the Internal Revenue Service , they already have your information . No need to enter it over the phone . Get a real job Scammer .

The number is a legitimate number from the IRS - It's the number to their collections agency. I was called at 8:08PM and was told to call before 8:00PM central time.

I called the very next day - had to put in my SSN which I was not particularly comfortable it. I spoke with someone from the IRS who then asked me to provide every possible information about me. I did.

He then told me that I was fine and had no issues whatsoever. But that the number was a number for their colections group. I asked to be transferred to speak with them.

I spoke with the lady at the collections agency, and I provided the case number. She then confirmed that it was a wrong number, and that they were trying to reach a different person.

Hope this helps!

This is a PROVEN SCAM. DO NOT CALL. I have contacted someone that I know that works for the IRS, and they would NEVER contact anyone in this manner.
The phone number they leave to call back does show up on an IRS website, which makes is seem official, but the number has been hijacked somehow and if you were to call it, you are asked to first type in your full social security number. I somehow bypassed this, then if you wait on hold, it's interesting... the repeating hold message states "Did you know that you can have your IRS payments come directly from your bank account for your convenience?" Then someone finally answers the phone and give some fake name and long id number that you would never be able to write down quickly enough (like it would matter). They then ask you for your full social security number. I said "no thanks", and gave them the 10 digit case number that they had left on my machine. They they will then ask you your full name including middle initial to confirm your identity....I said to them that if they don't even know my name with the case reference number, then there's no way I would give it to them.
The lady just said "If you won't give it to me, then I can't talk to you." So I hung up.
They can steal your identity just by you giving your full name, birth date, and address...
Their purpose is to get your bank account info and/or social, or any other info and they will steal your identity!!!!

Although it links you to an IRS website, the number is a hijacked number.
I know someone who works at the IRS, and I told them that I got this call and it is a PROVEN SCAM.
The IRS would NEVER call like this. Do NOT CALL THAT NUMBER, all they ask you for is your social security number, and then your full name incl. middle initial. Trust me, the IRS already has your name if they called you for something, even though they would NEVER call. If you owe money, or if you have a tax credit, they mail it. They would NEVER do anything remotely like this.