I just got a call from this number, they immediate asked for some Nichole and mentioned where she worked. This is not me and I informed you have the wrong person and hung out. I will see if they call back.
This is Diversified Collection Services, they are a government contracted collection agency representing several government entities. (dept education, dept treasury, state tax agencies, etc)They are legal and are governed by federal regulations for collections, not state. They will continue these calls until you take care of the debt that is owed to the government. The individual that owes the gov't debt will eventually lose any/all federal tax refunds until the debt is paid and they cannot get this money back even if they set up a payment arrangement with DCS, because DCS has no control over the seizure of the tax refunds. Majority of the time bankruptcy does not stop the collection either because of the federal nature of the debt. I worked for them for 3 years, that's how I can give you this info.
They have called me various times also saying that I owe taxes in the state of Virginia. I have never lived in Virginia. They somehow got my name sometime last year as well, but didn't have my phone number. They called my grandparents and the woman posed as a friend. She told my grandmother that she knew me from high school and asked for my phone number. Very obviously a scam and the person commenting above is clearly in on the scam.