No. IRS will not call you about a tax matter, especially at 5AM. This is the pattern of a scam that growing by leaps and bounds, it is a scam where you are lied to, harassed, frightened and threatened into "paying" an old tax liability. Block that number, don't answer unknown calls. If you are worried, call the IRS at an number you trust and ask them if there is a problem. Be Smart, Be Safe.
The IRS initiates contact by mail. Telemaggoters call at times like this because they are looking to scare people into thinking that it is an emergency call.
Automated VOICE SCAMMER - Hello....This is the IRS...Final Notice...Trying to Read you....SCAMMER, SCAMMER, SCAMMER, calling from the WAshington STATE area. BLOCK THEM -or DON'T ANSWER
The IRS NEVER calls you, unless they're returning a call. PERIOD. Report this number to the IRS, FBI and the Department of Justice. They will pursue with due haste, as it's against the law to impersonate an agent. There should be no volunteering of information. When they ask for an address or phone number, simply tell the scammer you should already have it, or, I'm calling the FBI with your information, and hang up. Please follow up with the authorities, because lots of folks are being scammed, thinking the call is legit. If, no, strike that, WHEN i find out who this guy is, i'm taking him down. count on it! What he said to my wife is going to cost him a world of pain. Protect yourselves. folks.