There is a fairly common IRS or "tax scam" being practiced by scammers in both Canada and the USA.
USA tax payers should read this:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
Note particularly the links at that site, warning of the scam!
A shorter explanation is Scam #11, as shown at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
That site also shows how other 800notes visitors have reduced the number of telephone scams and telemarketing calls they receive. (And, a link to Amazon's phone blocker devices and apps is there).
They call the house stating they have legal proceedings against me and it is important that I talk to them. The machine hangs up on them and they call back over and over in succession!!!!!
I got a call from Anderson Law Firm said I need to call them back at 786-220-4886 . Eugene Baker said my name,s.s.,phone,address is under heavy investgation to Collect a Debt.Start legal preceedings against me. They give me 48hrs to pay or warrant for arrest at Home ,Work. My attorney and I will be jail if I didn't settle by 6-13-14. I got a call 2 years ago from same law firm.They need to get a real job!!!!!!!!!!