This caller identified her name as Erica Taylor from the IRS and that there was a warrant for my arrest due to unpaid debts to the IRS> i called the IRS and was able to speak to someone and was told that this phone number has been recorded and reported to have called other people who actually owe money and was taken. The person who called will stay on the line with you while you go to the bank and wire the funds to them>
DO not get fooled. The IRS does not call anyone who owes money. They just send numerous letters to your address of record. To make sure to report this call to the Treasury Inspector General like i did when you get a call from this number.
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:
SCAM!! I'm not even a US citizen. don't even have green card or anything i'm just a student here...if they want to scam someone they should at least try to identify who the person is. DO NOT GET FOOLED. Just hang up.