Who called from 5162997015

There are numerous telephone and email scams in which individuals claim to be employees of the Treasury Department. These scammers often state that they are from the “Department of Legal Affairs,” offer grant money in exchange for you wiring a small payment, or threaten to arrest you within a short period of time unless payment is made. Do not provide personal information or payment to these individuals.  Their actions are crimes under Titles 18 and 31 of the United States Code, and the Treasury Office of Inspector General is working to stop them.

If they claim to be from Treasury, report  it to [email protected] with a description.  If it was a phone contact, include:
the exact date and time that you received the call(s)
the phone number of the caller
the geographic location and time zone where you received the call
a description of the communication.

If they claim to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or it is about taxes, report it to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

https://www.treasury.gov/services/report-fwa/Pages/Report-Email-Scams.aspx

claims to be IRS. Total horse sh*t

Left message saying they were IRS.

I got a call from the 516-299-7015 telling me that they were the IRS and that they were filing a lawsuit against me, and telling me to call back that number.  It was a robo-call. I figured this was a scam as the IRS does not operate this way, so I didn't call them back (and, of course, the IRS won't take live calls so you can call them to check out whether this is really a scam). Nonetheless, it was disconcerting since, at that time, I was in the midst of filing my taxes after taking an extension. Maybe this scammer starts calling people as the extension deadline approaches.

IRS my [***]. Hung up on me. +1 (516) 299-7015