Got two calls from 703-879-8941 so far today, both about 5 hours apart and from a woman with a heavy eastern Indian accent. I don't answer calls that I do not recognize or expect due to telemarketers, especially when the presidential election season is starting, so I let it go to voice mail. I listened to the voice mail and by the end of the message I knew it was a scam. It's a canned recorded message.

The pitch goes a little like this: This person states they are calling from Legal Affairs Tech Crimes Investigation Unit of Internal Revenue Service. They state they've been trying to reach me for "months and months" about very important issues. They received an affidavit regarding a tax evasion on my name. I'm instructed to call 703-879-8941. She warns not to disregard her message and do call back and if I'm too busy to have my region attorney (wth is that?) do it for me. A delay in calling back might end up in a "legal mess" for me. Further, they will be forced to contact the local sheriff office and register this case against my name.

Now folks, does this sound anything remotely similar to what the IRS would say? They don't start out with phone calls and they don't dun you over the phone. The IRS garnishes wages, freezes bank accounts, and confiscates property. The IRS doesn't need to plead with you to pay; they will take as they please.

I so badly want to call them and terrorize them over the phone or reverse spoof them into thinking I'm calling from the NSA, but I think ignoring them is the best solution. This is tax season... expecting more of the same.