the same thing happened to myself he called on a friday morning with the stupid recording of pre record robotic female voice saying the second you recive this message from IRS please call us back on IRS hotline #301-637-5854 i called back an the first time the guy of a very middle eastern accent answered an was having trouble pronouncing my surname an i angerly corrected him on my surname an he hung up.. i proceeded to call back an started questioning him he hung up on me 3 more times until i finally got the chance to ask him why he was calling me an that i haven't worked in 3yrs he told me it was a wrong# that he called an that the IRS had made a mistake
Call was automated and said the they were the IRS Criminal Division and that I needed to call them back immediately to prevent criminal charges being filed. i hung up.
ABSOLUTELY a SCAM!!!!! I just got the same thing. Automated msg that obviously began before my machine began recording. Just gave the phone number, then said, "this is a time sensitive issue. Before the IRS takes legal action, call now." Number is listed as belonging to, "Level 3 Communications, LLC" Go to this website and you will see numerous complaints of all sorts of scamming, including one where the caller from a Level 3 phone number claims to be from the IRS. http://complaintwire.org/complaint/S54BAAAAAAA/level-3-communications-llc