It's a scam.
It's not the IRS. They are lying and committing fraud. I think they're outside the country, though.
It's a bunch of Indian-based scam artists trying to get you to buy pre-paid credit cards, with which you will supposedly pay back the IRS.
Do not fall for it.
DO, however, waste their time as much as possible.
Keep them talking.
Tell them you need more information.
Tell them you still need more data.
Don't pay for anything.
Don't give them a credit card.
THEY ARE NOT the IRS.
These people tried calling me a few months ago and i'm not an idiot so I told them off.
They tried doing it again this week leaving me the same tired [***] voicemail with the same fake scam.
I called them again to tell them to stop calling me because it's not working and the guy started to tell me to "[***]" and "give me a [***]" and "i have a really big dick." Then when I called him a loser, he called me back 4x and counting.
These people are pathetic and are probably running out of people to scam if they are wasting time to just harass people now.
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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances- amount to harassment). 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:
An automated woman called saying law enforcement of the state would be on my doorstep soon... And to have a wonderful life! Is that along the lines of others calls?