"officer Kim..? Braund..?. from legal dept of internal revenue service, criminal law suit, wishing me good luck if I do not return the call: because the situation will unfold on me!" ???
Boy did they get it wrong!
First the IRS doesn't call to warn of an impending action, all contact is via mail to the last known address (with an active case number included) or in-person by a field agent (reserved for business and extreme cases). After a set number of attempts to rectify the situation the IRS may draft payments from future tax refunds, checking or saving accounts, garnishee wages, or they might apply a lien to personal property as a final action. The only time telephone contact is made is when YOU ask the IRS to contact you!!! BUT the biggest tip these type of calls are for scam is no absolutely NO personal information can be divulged on a recording device due to Privacy Laws (confidentiality of personal information)!
The robot dialing - automated message made me laugh due to the low quality of the recording plus the poor English grammar used to describe the threat. Please if you want to scare me into giving you private info or obtaining money through intimidation better up your game because this one was a joke!!!
Got an automated call on our answering machine from an "Officer Kimberly Brown from the legal department of the IRS. She requested either me or my appointed attorney call about a criminal lawsuit filed against me." Definitely a scam.
Partial voicemail demanding that my "attorney of record" return this call immediately or they "wish me good luck" "as this situation develops." Obviously a scam.