800-829-7650

It is a PROVEN SCAM. The phone number, although it links you to an IRS website, is a hijacked number.
I know someone who works for the IRS, and they confirmed that it is a scam. THEY WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. They NEVER call you or ask you for your Soc. Sec. #, name or any personal info.
They already have it. They do not need to verify your identity, only an identity thief would.
They would mail a tax credit to you or if you owed anything, you would be mailed a statement.
It's idiotic that they even have on their hold message "Did you know that you can have your payments come directly from your bank account for your convenience?" All they want is your soc.sec. and bank info. They are THIEVES!!!!! This is NOT THE IRS!!!!!!
They can steal your identity just with your full name, birthday and address....It makes it easier if they have your social, but they can do it just with your info.

Excellent advice. Someone I know was scammed this way. This 800 number is only for the FPLP - Federal Payment Levy Program (FPLP). They are a legitimate division of the IRS, however; THEY DO NOT MAKE PHONE CALLS. No IRS divison does. They only send out notices via regular post office mail. Additionally, the FPLP only levies money due the IRS from certain federal payment sources that a person receives, which are: retirement from the Office of Personnel Management, social security benefits, federal vendor payments, federal employee salaries, or federal employee travel advances and reimbursements. So basically, unless you owe money to the IRS and are a federal employee, retired federal employee, doing contract work for the federal government, or are collecting social security, they have no reason whatsoever to even attempt to contact you to begin with. NEVER EVER give your personal information to someone who calls you at home and tells you they are calling from the IRS. Thinks about it. If they are with the IRS, they have all of your information already. Why would they need you to confirm it?

I received a call from this number and found it suspicious. The voicemail that was left had the same case number as on the Intent to Levy letter I received, certified, from the IRS. I called Tax Payer Advocates and they gave me the same phone number to call. The same phone number is on the letter I received as well. It is for their Automated Collection Service department. The gentleman gave me his name and rep ID which I have to follow up with, and he is valid. They were actually more helpful with setting up a payment plan with them than most people give them credit for. If you default or ignore them, then they come after you with someone showing up at your door. This is no scam.

i live in Ontario, cot tha call 8:30 pm.

First they told me to call before biz.end that day..i don't have a SS i have a SIN number number and could not call back from my area :O

100%scam fyi ;p

I was called three different times over a few weeks period (all messages on my answering machine). I called back once, and the guy on the other end seemed flustered when I told him that I had never been married (he repeatedly asked me my wife's name), so I figured they either had called the wrong person, or it was a scam. After the third call from them I called the national IRS number (1-800-829-1040) and managed to get through to a real live person. I gave them the case number and a few harmless pieces of info (but not anything important like the social security number), and they were able to confirm that I was not the person that they were looking for. They said they would remove my phone number from this case and I shouldn't be getting any more calls about this. So even though I thought it was a scam at first (mainly because of this website), it turns out that it was legitimate. Now I've been cleared from this, and I don't have to sit and wonder what was really going on....

"U Can't Scam Me" is completely correct!  Also, the IRS does not use file #'s.  They send everything via US Postal Service.  If you owe back taxes, the IRS will send several first class letters and eventually send certified letters.  You can't get the IRS to return your call, and they certainly don't initiate phone calls.  When we called today it was a recording asking for our social security number, full name, and the like.  The IRS already has this information.  If you feel the need to call the IRS, call a different number and ask to be transferred.  Don't make that kind of mistake that you could pay for the rest of your life.  The IRS knows where you live, who you bank with, where you work, etc.  Think about it!  All financial facilities report all of this information to the IRS.

I called it was legit.  Its the collections division of the IRS. if you owe them money or have defaulted on their payment plan they are calling to collect.

This phone number is not the IRS. It is a collections company called Automated Collections. Don't give them your SSN.

my checking acc. was wipe out by some one by this phone number.

they did not call but wipe out my checking acc. my bank said it was lawyer with this phone number

I got this message on my cell phone last night.
1st I am a stay at home mom, who's husband was in the air force, we have no tax issues that I know of.
2nd I am not in on this scam, and I thought hard about if I was going to even reply to this fearing being attacked.
3rd, if you call the 800-TAX-1040 number (I called at 10 til midnight EST) they will ask you some verifying info and look to see if they have made any attempt to contact you at all.

4th we just bought a house and in order to buy this house we had to provide our tax info for the last tax year, so the IRS knows my address and how to contact us via US mail.

So I called and was told that this is a scam, even if they are giving you the same number listed on the IRS website, they will not call you and leave a message UNLESS you have had prior arrangements made with them in the past regarding levy or garnishment or payment of past IRS debt.

My advise is like others go to your local IRS office to check for yourself before calling back this number, and NEVER ever ever give anyone your info over the phone, EVER.

Also and I don't know if this is related but I had just text Degree to get a free sample, when they texted me back to verify my address they couldn't confirm my address because my cell phone is my only phone and they needed my home number to verify my address, shortly after I received the message that I needed to call the IRS.

Did anyone file a bankruptcy..its the only think i can think of how they would get any information about you..Hmmmmmmm

This is a legitimate call...I waited on hold for quite some time. They asked for my SS# but when I asked if I could give the case number they had given me they were more than happy to comply.

I received a call from an unknown number late in the evening yesterday (Friday) and the voicemail said it was a woman from the IRS and to call 800-829-7650 by close of business, leaving an 11-digit case #. By the time I got this message and I called back, a recording said the office was closed and to call back Monday - Friday. There wasn't a voicemail system or any other instructions, exept that I could go to IRS.gov. So I searched on the IRS website to see if there was a place to put in a case # and when I typed in "phone call," I saw some results that talked about common tax scams. Per their website, if you feel you've been contacted by someone fraudulant, you can email the IRS at phishing@irs.gov and report it. I know personally, about five or six years ago, I owed a small balance to the government and everything was done via USPS mail, so I highly doubt any phone calls would come if you haven't first received something in the mail. After reading similar experiences on here regarding the voicemail and relying on my own personal past experiences with the IRS, my personal judgement call is to move on with my life unless a letter comes.

This number comes straight from the IRS's website:

Levying your state tax refund through the State Income Tax Levy Program (SITLP)

Under the State Income Tax Levy Program, we may levy (take) your state tax refund. Currently, this only applies to individual state tax refunds, but may include business state tax refunds in the future. SITLP matches federal tax delinquent accounts against a database of state tax refunds for states participating in SITLP. If your state tax refund is levied, the state will issue a notice advising you of the levy. The IRS will also issue a notice, after the levy, offering you the opportunity to appeal the levy. The IRS notice will NOT be issued if you previously received a notice of our intent to levy that advised you of your right to a hearing. The state and IRS notices refer you to call (800) 829-7650 or (800) 829-3903 for assistance.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108342,00.html

I had always heard that the IRS will never call the taxpayer, always by snail mail.  However, that evidently is not the case as half way down the page on the iRS website, it says that the IRS will call the taxpayer to work out a payment option.


http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=151965,00.html

When the IRS sends a bill to a taxpayer, if the taxpayer does not respond to the first notice or subsequent notices, the account becomes delinquent. Delinquent accounts may be turned over to the Automated Collection System (ACS) or to the Collection field function. ACS personnel will contact the taxpayer BY TELEPHONE to attempt to work out an agreeable payment solution. If the delinquent account requires field contact, a revenue officer will try to resolve the account with the taxpayer.

I recieved a call from 800-829-7650 tonight at 8:30 pm.  On the answering machine was a message in an automated voice that said "this is the IRS" and you need to call this number by end of business today.  It also said when calling, reference case #__________.

You sound like you work with or are associated with this scam

Hello I received a call from this number and it sounded very garbled but they said they wanted to help me and gave me a case number of 6535986705 and to call back.  I did not call back but called my husband who said to goggle this number.  They never identified who they were, which in itself makes me suspicous.

I got this call today. It seems to be listed on IRS website. However I live in a state that doesn't collect income tax, and I'm not a federal employee. I do owe some back taxes, but why they would be calling me is beyond me. I have only found this number connected to FPLP or SITLP. I searched their website. This doesn't apply to me.