It is a scam based overseas. The IRS does not initiate contact over the phone.
IRS/Government Scam Calls
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0048-government-imposter-scams
I got the same call today. They sounded legit, but when they wanted to pull cash and go to 7-11, and buy a prepaid card, that did it. I may have been born at night, but not last night.
I had an absolute ball with this on a Friday night! This fool called my husband's cell phone...leaving several messages and when he called them back some fool claiming to be the IRS threatened court action, levy leins, jail time, if he did not pay - claiming the IRS had audited him for the past several years. My husband is a smart man and figured out this was crap quick. So we have been calling this jerk back every few minutes, leaving voice messages when he does not answer and talking to him when he does....my husband googled the location of the telephone number and told the guy he was at the corner and would bring him a check if he would give him his location. I called and reminded him about Karma (he has an indian accent) and told him he was setting himself up for this kind of distress to be perpetrated on his family, weve reported to the FTC...and I have continued to harass him for hours. ..I encourage everyone to do the same. I intend to go on line and sign up for everything I can think of and input his phone number for people to call back.....I called and asked to pray with him to whomever he prays to...I've called with my dogs barking in the background. Hey use your imagination...call and give an imaginative name and have a blast.
This [***] tard called me from a different number... i found this number through another commenter who was called from both. Anyway, his MO is to cancel one number when ppl catch on and pick up a new one via vontage. I too harass him. I call multiple times a day. It's fun. Keep up the good work! Hopefully, when he shuts this number down, we'll be able to find the new one!
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you can hear in the background its a call center...the guy that called me sounded like he was from India...I called back and talk to some guy named Gary, got the address and googled where they are located this place is a joke.
the guy Gary claimed he was an attorney but did not want to speak to me after I threaten a lawsuit on falsification of information, slander and defamation of character.