There is a widespread IRS or "tax scam" being practiced by scammers on both Canadian and USA residents.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.
Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.
call from 202-580-8121 said they were a monitoring company for sweepstakes winners and I had won $465,000 tax free. They said they would deliver tomorrow between 4-5 PM and asked if I would be home. I told them yes and they hung up. Almost as if they were "casing" my house for a burglary or something.
Got call saying I had won, yada, yada, yada. Long story short, I fell for it and cost me BIG! Do not make the same mistake this 80 year old woman did, please!