Same thing happened here tonight! My husband contacted a lawyer who sent him to the fraud department. He was told the IRS will very rarely contact you by phone! When I googled the number and came up with the above post, I breathed a sigh of relief! I reported the incident to the IRS number listed above!
I received a call just now from 215-734-0229. CID Backbone Commun. Left message from Steve Martin about enforcement actions by US Treasury. Left call back number 213-401-2952. I called back the 215 number and someone who sounded like Steve answered and said it was the legal affairs office. I gave him a blast of olde anglo saxon for his efforts.
I received a call yesterday, Left message from Steve Martin about enforcement actions by US Treasury. Left call back number 213-401-2952.
IMMEDIATELY I REALIZED THIS IS SCAM
THE MESSAGE START I INTENDED TO CONTACT YOU ? HE DID NOT MENTION A NAME, WHO IS YOU?
IMMEDIATELY I GOOGLE THE NUMBER,
Thank to this Web site, surely it was SCAM.
I WILL report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.t
thank you all for sharing
Received a call from 213-401-2952, this guy had such a heavy foreign accent that it was very difficult to understand him. He said his name was Steve Martin (I'm sure) from the IRS and then said something about owing taxes. When I told him to have his supervisor call me, he yelled something then hung up.