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:
THIS IS A SCAM!!! Do not call them back as they will continue to harass you. Do not answer the phone. They will be calling from 206 801 6130. They can not speak English correctly.
Just got this one. The message start "Hello, this is Ron Skeever"…"from the Legal Department of the Internal Revenue Service"…. It goes on to state that there's been a tax fraud against me and that I should call 206-801-6130 before legal action is taken against me or I''m arrested. Yikes!
The recorded message doesn't even identify me by name.
Thanks, for the links to fraud reporting agencies, previous posters! I'll contact them shortly.
I received a similar phone call from a man named John Wilson. He said he was th IRS,and said that I owed back taxes. He sounded so convincing I have never been under so much pressure hearing him telling me I will go the jail if I don't pay.
I JUST WANT TO CALL BACK AND GET A PERSON AND SCREW WITH THEM. THAT WOULD BE A HELL OF A LOT OF FUN....OKAY THEN I WILL REPORT THEM, BUT I AM A SOB AND THEY MIGHT NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER ME!
These people the same as the others described tried to scam me. Indian accents but names like Charlie and frank Martin. So called officers. They said I owed a loan for an account that was closed. I almost believed them because I am young. Please don't fall for these foolish people be smart and talk to your lawyer or legal council. They wanted me to make a payment through walmart don't fall for this!