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R. Garcia
Identifies him self as David Acosta, and being with the I.R.S., and is asking for either myself or my wife. Since he was speaking with my wife, he said this must be ***** . Then he stated that he was calling to inform us that we were being investigated for tax fraud and that he wanted our attorney's fax number so he could contact them. During the conversation he also confirmed our mailing address. He said that we needed to call him back at this number.
After terminating the call, my wife called this number and he answered " I.R.S., and identified himself as David Acosta"
We are calling the I.R.S.directly, as we doubt the validity of this phone call.
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AK Thomas
Our firm received two automated messages today saying that we "need to call back the IRS." We are a business. I am not phoning back -- the IRS does not operate this way!
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Edgar ochoa
I just recived 2 calls from this number as well and when i called back they didn't know my name and when i asked who they were trying to get a hold of by first name the guys just said ok and hung up now they won't answer. Also the guy sounded like he was from india.
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migs
Did you call irs what they said
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>> Did you call irs what they said  <<

There is a widespread IRS (or CRA) or "tax scam" being  practiced by scammers on both USA and Canadian residents.

USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Phone-Scams-C ... 5-Filing-Season

Canadian tax payers should read this:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/nwsrm/lrts/2013/l131210-eng.html

Short answer:
The IRS never initiates a contact via phone.
They always send a snailmail first.

Educational post:
This scam is also described as scam #11, here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html

If you were contacted by an IRS impostor, you may file a report, after clicking on this link:
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

UPDATES:
Recent news story:
http://www.wltx.com/story/money/2015/03/12/fa ... -scam/70202814/

Congressional hearing:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/tax-imp ... hearing-n341906

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