A lady's voice told me the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me and it was my final (and only!) warning; I was not addressed by name, no reference was made to my address, no SSN was given to identify me, & no case number was given. In addition no reason was given for the lawsuit. When I telephoned the number (which I probably should not have done) I, thankfully, got a busy signal - I am not going to dial the number again. I had no known issues from the IRS (which accepted my return) and the amount I was supposed to pay was paid well before 4-15.
The IRS has a warrant for your arrest because you owe them money SCAM! Give up already. This scam has been documented by the police and other associations. They are targeting retired people.
A lady's voice told me the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me and it was my final (and only!) warning; I was not addressed by name, no reference was made to my address, no SSN was given to identify me, & no case number was given. In addition no reason was given for the lawsuit. When I telephoned the number (which I probably should not have done) I, thankfully, got a busy signal - I am not going to dial the number again. I had no known issues from the IRS (which accepted my return) and the amount I was supposed to pay was paid well before 4-15.
The IRS does not need to sue anyone. They send you first class letters delivered by the Post Office. Several of them. Ignore those, and they then send certified letters that you need to sign for. Again delivered by the Post Office. Ignore those and they simply freeze your bank accounts and anything else you own. If they can do that, then why would they bother with a court case that might take them years before they get in front of a judge? They also do not bother arresting people for a few thousand dollars for the same reasons I have already given.
Official IRS Government site detailing this scam and providing links to report it:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Online-Scams-that-Impersonate-the-IRS
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Phone-Scams- ... 6-Filing-Season
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Complete ... -Scams-for-2015