We received the same this this morning...a call saying that there has been and arrest warrant issued for my husband...again a caller with a heavy accent, saying he was the supervisor when I asked. He said his name was Ronald Arthur from the crime investigation division of the IRS and they had sent a letter in December and one in February about taxes we owe. We have our taxes done professionally every year. He said we owe $2965 from 2012 and that if we want to avoid lawyer and court fees, the government would like that too and so he can send a local law enforcement officer and two other people (I forget who he said...) and they would come to my house and we need to be ready to give them the money. I called our CPA and he said it's scam but now there's a twist that someone will come to the house. Very scary!!!
message sounds official, badge number, case number, etc., but caller (gary) can barely speak English. Warrants for my son's arrest. Son has never even had a traffic ticket. Reported number to local police department.
I received a call from 202-241-1305 on March 28 from a guy with a thick Indian accent. He claimed my husband was being investigated by the IRS for failure to file form 941 (for employers to fill out quarterly taxes) and problems with 1040. He stated that the IRS has referred the case to the Department of Homeland Security. He asked if we received the letter they had sent. I knew this was a fake call from the IRS but decided to play along for the fun of it. He thought I was ready to do whatever it took to fix the issue and which point my husband took the phone and cursed him out. The caller was taken aback and hung up.
The caller failed to realized that he called the residence of someone who works in the legal field (me) and that there is no connection between IRS and DHS. I had such a laugh. I don't think he will be calling back again.