Received same call today to call 202-697-9336 stating had been trying to reach us and was their final all IRS was filling law suite against us. My husband did call number but could not understand what lady was saying. Hung up phone. We then checked caller ID it was an area code call from 345 Grand Cayman Island.
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 but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances - amount to harassment). 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://m.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-centr ... 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:
PEOPLE, PAY ATTENTION! THWE IRS DOES NOT CALL. If a problem with your taxes arises 1. you probably already know about it. 2. The IRS only uses the U.S. POSTAL Service. 3. The IRS will not sue you, they will contact you via snail mail, and assign a case number. 4. The letter will also indicate the filing year, the Form number, a describe the question they need answered, or the problem they have found.
I am tired of all the whining. Sure these calls are annoying, but you must do the following: 1. DO NOT ANSWER A PHONE CALL IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME AND/OR CALLER NUMBER. 2. Listen to the message. 3. Go online and report the callIng number. 4. contact your phone service provider to have calls from the number stopped. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT PICK UP THE PHONE NOR CALL BACK.