I got a call from this # on Sat @ 4am. They left an auto recorded message saying they were the IRS. I called back at 6:50AM on a Saturday and someone that sounded like they were in a call center in India answered. She asked for my name which I gave then she proceded to tell me that my taxes were not paid in full and that I was being audited for 2006-2011 for unpaid taxes. When I tried to talk she got upset and said "can I please finish"..which made me realize that she was reading a script and was not that great at improv. I let her talk..then at the end of her scary story of all the $ I owe them.. I told her what the hell are you talking about? I dont owe taxes. She asked me why. I said " I have never made enough $ to have to pay taxes and I have 4 kids! She said.. Oh let me call you back. If she call's back I'm going to start speaking Punjabi to her.
I answered the call to a threatening recorded message stating they were the IRS and I better call back right away because it was serious. I thought that was strange since I answered the call and the message was telling me to call the same exact number back that they were calling from. So I hung up and called the same number back and it just rang and rang. I put it on speaker phone and it just kept ringing. No one ever picked up.
This number left a message imploring me to call back regarding a "serious matter" with the IRS. This is a scam, the IRS does not call but instead will contact you via mail if they need to communicate with you. These are the worst kind of scammers that play on people's fears of the IRS. I'm elderly and in PA.
It is a scam. The IRS will not call by phone. They like a paper trail. Had same call last week but different recording. I called a legit IRS number and it is indeed a scam