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 got a call from a heavy Indian accent woman stating they were from the IRS Investigation division, and they were sending police to arrest me. She also asked if I had an attorney, which I do. I asked what this was about, and she said it was about a Lien. I asked to talk to her manager and she hung up. I called back and got a man calling him self Tom Cruise from Mission Impossible, and I asked to talk to his Manager. He also hung up.
Take it for what it's worth, I agree with the other posts, that the Real IRS uses written letters to communicate with you to create a paper trail for them.
They called my 90 year old mother a couple days ago, she called me very confused and upset. She said they told her she owed the IRS money and they would come to get it if she didn't send a check...but then she said they didn't tell her where to send the check...as I said she's 90, 91 in March, she gets very confused. I was PO'd!!! Who harasses a 90 year old?
They told her they were the IRS. I told her the IRS doesn't call ANYBODY and to forget it.