888-392-8414

Called me stating they were the irs and that I owed thousands of dollars from years ago and that if I did not pay the police would arrest me

These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.

If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.

By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.

Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.

They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.

Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.

The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.

If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/pf/taxes/irs-tax-scams/

Same call irs. Take from my bank etc. Called them back to horrasse them but just get a busy signal now

I got the same type of call.. Glad to hear this is a scam.

Got the same call twice.  Didnt answer once and the second time I did and immediately hung up.  Such BS

I received a call from this number saying it was the IRS and I was under investigation and I would be receiving a visit from a tax person in 24 hours.

They have been calling me just about every day.  I checked the IRS website and this number is not there.  So then I googled the # and found this site and that it is a scam.

(888) 392-8414 called my cell phone with no Caller-ID displayed. We never answer unrecognized Phone Numbers/Caller-ID's or Anonymous Calls on our cell phones or landline. I let the call ring and go to voicemail as we always must do these days due to the sheer quantity of Spam and/or Fraud calls we receive practically every single day. This caller left a voicemail which was a Robotic Voice/Speech stating that the IRS is going to arrest me for "Tax Troubles", and that a "Bill Collection Officer" will soon be contacting me. It also offers the option to call them back -- at the same Caller-ID phone number -- to talk to one of their "representatives" so I can save myself from myself in spite of the fact that my Tax filings have always been pristine and beyond reproach throughout my entire adult life.

These 3rd World cesspit scumbags with all the honesty and honor of demons incarnate calling from Wherever, Dumbf**kistan while spoofing Caller-ID's can, and will, surely go to heII. This crap is relentless on a daily basis and it is all getting mighty tiresome.

call 888-392-8414 do not press 1 or 2 but press ZERO and someone will actually answer then mess with them and give them their own shi*t back to them - they will of course hang up but who cares spam them back!!!!!!!

this is ridiculous that they can get away with this and nobody has any recourse

They claimed to be from the IRS and I was"warned" as the man"Mike Jones" put it, to "shut up" and not interrupt him. Needless to say I cussed his ass out and he threatened me with law arressting me in 30 minutes....They need to be stopped and I won't stop until something is done....

I have been getting calls all day from this number telling me I owe thousands of dollars to the IRS.  I am calling the number above to report it now.

I have received the same call "IRS" Demanded me to call back and within 24 hours that collector will be contacting me. 888-392-8414. they called me twice and didnt answer when to voice mail.

I did a research on the numbers and here I discovered that everyone had received the same call from this individual.

Thanks
Dave

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report.shtml
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

I started getting calls from them on Jun 22nd at 10 am then again at 1.  And today another call at 9am from the number.  when I called back at first it did sound like the irs line, but then recording sounded funny, everytime they call i miss it.

The message says I owe money to the IRS and they will come to my home if I do not speak to someone.