I also got this call a few times. They made the same threats mentioned by others on this site. They said there was an "IRS tax evasion and money laundering case" against me. They gave me a number to call (202-241-0333) which was also the number they were calling from - strange. They gave me a case number (USD/IRS/17308) as well as the name and badge number of the IRS employee calling me ("Beter Brown", #146215). The last time they called they wanted me to call back and ask for a "Mr. Brown". I asked them if they were from the Internal Revenue Services and they said they were. It was fairly convincing. I knew my taxes were clean, so I checked with contacts at the Department of Homeland Security, local Police, and the IRS. It's a scam that is targeting minorities and recent immigrants. They seem to be (primarily) targeting Hispanic and Indian immigrants, at least in the DC area, according to the Police. Here's a link to the notice put out by the IRS on their website:
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* Below is a short excerpt from the notice on the IRS website:
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Other characteristics of this scam include:
• Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
• Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
• Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
• Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
• Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
• After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
• If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue.
• If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
• If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
I got call from this number few times. Some Indian lady telling about criminal invistagation against your name from IRS call back immidiatley. When I called back that number it went to voice mail saying its Devision of tech crime unit of IRS with Indian voice.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
and Don't forget to Report the incident to IRS & FTC. Hope they put these suckers into jail soon.