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.
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:
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO POSTED ABOVE!!!! They called twice over the weekend. I have been audited in the past and KNOW all communications come via snail mail and they know EVERYTHING about us long before I have to request anything. So yes I knew this was a fraudulent call but NO ONE wants to get anything but a refund from IRS. lol. I did report this to the Dept of Treasury. I so want a nuclear bomb headed for those incredibly thick headed individuals. Drop a big one!!!
OH my goodness a few people have recorded these phone calls!!! Hilarious. YouTube schooling on an Indian/Pakistani caller saying he's from the IRS....hahahahahaaha. Funniest phone call ever. Maybe we should all reply like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7sGIn0vx3E
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article1179335.html Newspaper article reporting on this exact SCAM.
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/taxing-phone- ... cammers-not-irs another article.