This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
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:
I received a call from number 12025068912 i missed it so they left a message. First and foremost i thought it to be strange as the fda would be calling me for anything, second the message seemed really unprofessional and when i calle it back the same voice that left the message was the voice on the recording im sure the fda has a automated recording when you call them i figured it was something fishy and i simple google search confirmed that.
I just rec'd a call from 301-825-5059 right after a call from an "UNKOWN" caller. A man with a heavy accent (hard to understand) left a message that he was from the DEA & there was a warrant out for my arrest & a search warrant for my home & property. I freaked out for a moment because I just travelled out of the country a week ago for a marathon & I thought maybe someone had tampered with my luggage or something. (I've seen too many movies). I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one who has experienced this! Should I report the phone number to my local DEA?
hey, I had a message on my cell phone that I had a warrant out for my arrest. It was the DEA calling and the agent said his name was James Castello. The number given was 949-274-1716. There is no basis in fact as to why I would be called by the DEA for any kind of "drug" warrant. I don't know how he got my cell number, but I am glad I looked online and found out about the scam. I am angry!