There is a fairly common IRS or "tax scam" being practiced by scammers on both Canadian and USA residents.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.
Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.
Got a call this morning claiming to be from IRS, and our name was on a list of tax fraud and we need to call this number to avoid prosecution. Same as the others. Scam.
I got a terrifying phone call just now from a man claiming that I owed money to the IRS and that I had one hour to pay it in full or I would have all of my assets frozen. He started the call with requesting my lawyer’s name because I was being taken to court over the money I owed. When I had asked him to explain why I owed money he talked in circles, yelled at me and kept threatening to freeze all of my money. He told me that I had to get a special electronic tax payment thing and stay on the phone with him while I paid, that if I hung up the phone he would send my account into the final stages and my assets would be frozen. He kept yelling at me so I hung up. He called back and I ignored it. I googled the number 571 335 8524 and thank goodness found this page! I tried calling back and it goes straight to a voice mail, which is very unlike the IRS.
I received a call from from this number on Fri. Nov. 23, 2014 claiming to represent the IRS and stating that I owed over $3000 in back taxes and penalties from tax years 2008 - 2012. He stated that they had tried to notify me by certified mail but no one was ever home and threatened to sent authorities to my home immediately to serve papers. I called this number back and got the same voice later in the afternoon but said I had the wrong number. I will be going to my local IRS office Monday to report this. DON'T FALL FOR THIS SCAM! He did threaten to have my wages and/or benefits frozen, asserts garnished, and all my creditors notified of my criminal activities.