I was called with the same scenario. First she said she was with Legal Affairs and the second phone call she said she was from the US Treasury. Strong accent. Advised me to call that number right away.
•If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
•If you don’t owe taxes, call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.
Received call from 213-533-2183. Could not understand the heavy accent. What I could understand was his name (Michael ???), and with the department of legal affairs. Very noisy in the background, sounded like a call center. Based on everyone's comments, this is a scam.
Thick Indian accent made it barely understandable. All I could make out on answering machine was something about a lawsuit from the government and get a lawyer and call back. I'm tempted to for fun, but, uh, NO!
got a phone call today from a man named " Jason Snider" Strange since his name didn't seem to match his heavy Indian accent ! Said I should call my attorney or cpa since my 2010 taxes were incorrect and had an error. He calculated I owed $2478.36....Said from Dept of US Treasury calling about my Federal Taxes..wouldn't the IRS be calling? He said he was assisting the IRS. Said he already sent form CP503 to the IRS. I asked why they waited 4 years to call. Usually the IRS was very prompt in finding any errors. Especially since I use TURBO TaX!!! there shouldn't be problems....He just said I would be contacted by his dept's Legal services since a claim has been filed as to what would be happening next. I told him he was a phoney and just hung up. watch out !