I received a call from them at 8:15a.m. and totally panicked since I wasn't even fully awake. They said I was being sued and that there was a warrant out for my arrest and that I would have to appear in criminal court in Washington D.C. They said I had to go to the bank and get the money ($3070.00) or I would be arrested within 45 minutes. Not knowing what to do or think I called the local police who assured me it was a scam. Even though I told the callers that I knew they were scamming me, they tried to call me 2 more times.
Three calls from this number today. The first was an automated message that the IRS has filed a lawsuit against me and I need to call them back. Whole bunch of signs this is NOT legit. I live in Florida and this is a Seattle number. The message never addresses me by name or other personally identifiable information, just "you." And quite simply the irs just does not handle back tax or underpaid tax situations like this. I reported the number through the irs website instead, with low expectations.
I didn't answer the phone last two times thank God for caller ID, but at this point it's slowly turning into harassment.