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:
I received a voice mail message saying they were calling from the Internal Revenue Service and informing me that there was an arrest warrant issued by the Internal Revenue Service for me. The man spoke with a heavy Indian accent. I checked the number online and discovered it was bogus. So, I thought I'd have some fun. I returned the call. Ironically, they answer the phone as "IRS". I was told the "authorities" would be showing up at my door within the hour to take me into custody. He asked who my attorney of record was. I told him I didn't need an attorney. He said, "Yes, you do... and he launched into the sales pitch for an attorney. So, I said, "Interestingly, I called the 800 number listed on the Internal Revenue website and they don't know anything about this lawsuit. He promptly hung up.
Received the same message as reported in prior posts. Being a retired accountant, I knew that had to be a scam, as IRS does not operate in such a manner. I called our local police, and they said they could do nothing about it and did not know who I could contact to report the scam. I will try reporting to addresses mentioned in previous posts.
Man with India accent left a message on my answering machine saying he was Kevin from IRS and a claim has been put in against me & if I did not respond immediately, I could be arrested. I googled the number he gave to call & found it was a scam.
RECEIVED A CALL FROM 505-747-0984 FROM A KEVIN BROWN STATING HE IS FROM IRS.. AND I SHOULD CALL BEFORE I GET ARRESTED.. SCAMMER FOR SURE .. HOW DO WE BLOCK THIS NUMBER?
This is a total scam!! Sure need the goverment to get to the bottom of this.Just hang up on .them.The phone number is202-747-0984.try dialing this number 844-210-4555.