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:
If ya get a call from 202-241-1427..Dude claiming to be Jonathon Francis with the IRS, it's a scam...He called and left 3 messages on moms machine saying there was a criminal investigation against her,,blah blah blah.It was pre-recorded..Same pauses,,same breathes..He sounded over seas..Indian or something....1-The IRS will never call..They send letters...So I thought I would have fun with this guy..I called him from the cell and told him he was a funny little ----.. Instead of getting an "Excuse me" or something of that nature I got a F&*# you mother F&#%$.and a hang up....I"m sure a real IRS agent wouldn't of said that.....Just a heads up...
This person called and claimed to be a debt collector from the IRS. Requesting the victim to send $500 or an Agent from the IRS will come to the house and take the victim in to custody. This is obviously a fraud. DO NOT agree to anything.
Received a call today from 1-202-241-1427 and on caller ID it says Washington DC Call. The guy named Jonathan Francis had a British/Indian sounding accent called once and again 1 hour later and left message saying that he is from IRS Criminal Investigation and that a notice has been issued regarding serious allegations against you. There was background noise when leaving message. Called back and got message saying this is Internal Revenue Service and to leave message. Did not answer call the first time he called and left message. The second message was the same. Sounds suspicious. Be careful with these calls. They probably change their number often.