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:
Guy with Indian accent saying he is John Smith from the IRS crime investigation. He also says that the property is being watched and that I need to call them back right away. So many scams lately with the same M.O., usually with very loud background noise, like a telemarketing office. This call was quiet. Maybe the scammers finally put in some cubicles or offices. Still a scam and very annoying. Report it to the IRS and have them go after these scammers.
get the same call too.... i just want to kick him in the face, but i bet there are so many of John Smith.... and he had balls to left a call back number
I got a similar voice message from the same number. It is a scam since IRS always sends all the communication via USPS mail. See http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam
I received a phone message few hours ago. Well, when I saw that number, I did not bother to answer it. A guy with foreign accent saying the IRS has issued an arrest warrant against me and my properties. I need to call him back right away. I know it is a scam and it is annoying. Yes. This call has quiet background and was very clear.