844-204-8529

This is a scam.  They claim to be from the IRS, here's the message the person with a heavy accent left:
"This is John Matthews calling from the Internal Revenue Services [sic] tax auditing department, that is the IRS. We have received a legal petition concerning a financial tax fraud in your name. So before things go out of hand, or before we proceed at the federal claim court house with a warrant for your arrest, I need you or your retained attorney of record to give us a call on 844-204-8529. Again, this is officer John Matthews from the IRS, the number is 844-204-8529."

Oooooh! Scary!! If the IRS is going to arrest you, you will get lots of things in the mail first, not a phone call from the Internal Revenue "Services" in poor english.

These guys called me today at 1:30 Dec. 17, with the same approach.
I called him back three times and harrassed him.  Funny the same person answered after only one ring all three times.  That never happens in any call center of any kind.

Reported them to the IRS via   phishing@irs.com

Just received a voice message on my home phone claiming to be from the IRS. The first clue that something isn't right is that he doesn't identify by name who the phone call is for. The message I received is identical to the one I just read here on this site by David A.

We got the same voicemail with the exact message!

Yes, got the same message, same name yesterday.  I called back a few times to take them on a gullible ride, but the line is constantly busy. SCAM!

Caller claims to be from the IRS?

I received this scam message at 9:30 AM today,Nov. 19, and nearly lost my breakfast. Fortunately my wife was cooler, and went right to Google. What a relief. Hope they catch the guy who calls himself John Matthews.

Showed up on my caller ID as Toll Free Caller, at 11:06 AM today.  Since I'm so sick of all these calls, my phone & answering machine is turned off most of the time.  I only answer if I know the caller or number.

Just received that same call. Try calling back no answer Officer Johnson!!!!

Just got the same call this morning.  First telltale sign was a heavy accented man with the name "John Matthews".  Yeah, right.  Secondly, they never give a name of who they are looking for. Just threaten.  I do not believe the IRS calls this way.  You get a letter. Not some foreigner pretending to be an american.  Get a life, buddy.

I just got the same exact call, sad thing is there are people out there that will believe this crap

They called saying I said a warrant for my arrest from the IRS. 844 204 8529

John mathews from irs threatening to arrest me.scam.unbelievable..I cant believe they can get away with such harrasment

Also just got the message.. With impending student loans I freaked out however is there any thing ear we can do to report this?

Just received the same phone call today at 9:30am.
If the IRS wants you for something you will get certified mail pertaining to the issue, not a phone call.

not sure if it was this same # or not (probably not!) but i got pretty much this same call about a month - 6 weeks ago.  only that time his name (i KNOW it was the same voice!) was "officer franklin benjamin."  get it?  franklin benjamin/benjamin franklin...(which is what he was hoping to get!) obviously not the brightest criminal in the world. in the posts on that # was a list of places to report it with links.  i'll try to find it. there's the fcc, and federal & state atty general's.  i also posted on the aarp scam site.

found it! last time the spoofed # was in D.C. apparently this criminal also goes by adam jones
with respect to the original poster, i am pasting an edited version of his response because it was specific to the issue:

.RexIRS replies to janj
12 Sep 2014
Confirmed fraud attempt (IRS script). This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.  
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. 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:

Just got the same exact scam message from John the scammer Matthews

Yup, we got exactly the same message, word-for-word.

I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE and when you call them back and tell them they are a scam and that they have no right and Tha I am turning them into BB they hang up and now wont answer