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!
Thanks to all for the good information. I will report this to the authorities. Wish we had the bucks to form our own "task force" and go get these evil s.o.b.s
I have received several calls and voice mails from this same "Steve" saying that he was calling regarding enforcement actions for the US Treasury and that I could face a federal criminal offense and to call him back to avoid appearance in a federal court, blah blah. He usually calls early in the morning. One time I picked up and he knew my name; I told him to send me the information and not to call back. He has left two more voice mail messages, and I've had a couple of hang ups, too.
I got the same BS call, but it still scared me. I called back. "Pakistani Steve" left the message, but Robert Matthews answered and knew my name. Said I owed $8500 to the IRS, and there was a Federal arrest warrant for me. I told him I did owe money, but paid it. He said "I am sending the police to your house, you will be arrested in 45 minutes" and hung up. I am glad I found this page ..... I called them back multiple times and had my daughter scream into the phone with an ear piercing scream, then I filled out the form at the TIGTA website. A-holes!!!!