I got a call from this number on Friday 8/26/2014 and heard a recorded message from Julie at the IRS claiming that they were going to take "action" on late taxes if I did not call back immediately. I could not make the call back since I was traveling and I did not have access to my records. I tried to call the number back today (9/3/2014) and I got a message saying this "Magic Jack" phone number was no longer in service and it gave me info on who to call to buy a Magic Jack phone. I then called the IRS at a different phone number and I was told that the IRS would never call anyone and leave such a message (she said they would have sent the information via mail) and that the call was from a scammer (I had no back taxes due). I was asked by the REAL AGENT AT THE IRS to go to www.tigta.gov and click "IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting" and make a report of the scam, which I am about to go and do. It is the site of the U.S. Treasury Inspector General.
Confirmed fraud attempt (IRS script, this is actually a scammer in training at the call center). 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:
Got a call at 7:40A from these A-holes. IRS scare tactics from a robot voice. Nice.
There is no selection in the drop down for call type "scam" - so I picked prank call. Black-listed in Ooma - that often helps others on Ooma not get them - at least from this number.