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://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:
This number called and left two messages on my answering machine. Both calls sounded like computer-generated messages. The gist of the message was that "S lawsuit has been filed against you. Do not ignore this call. Call my lawyer on this number."
Got a call from this number at 8:05 AM today (7/8/14). A poorly recorded robocall claimed to be a female IRS agent named Peaks(?) and said IRS has a claim against me. The IRS does not use robocalls as a first notice - first notice is a letter - later registered mail. If it's big enough - an agent will knock on your door (sometimes with a SWAT team). Since my name looks ethnic, I suppose that's why I got targeted.
I got this call from this Number 202-751-2540 ,on 7/08/14 need to call back and talk to IRS officer ,I return the call the person has strong Indian accent ,so please notice this is one of the scam call ,I work with the Tax service if IRS has any question they will sent you the mail,please don't fall for these scam and let them they are no good at all.
I received a call from #202 750 2540 the man said he was with the IRS and I was being investigated for fraud and did I have $1,000.00 to fix the problem. Since I did'nt I would be contacted by the sheriff.