PLEASE Do not fall for this IRS scam. Please learn these giveaways to identify future IRS scams. The real IRS would never:
1) Call to demand immediate payment, nor will we call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill.
2) Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe.
3) Require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card.
4) Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
5) Threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.
I just received 3 rapid-fire robocalls from this number. Each time there was a 30 second message using a computerized voice saying that it was the IRS Criminal Investigations notifying me that they were filing a criminal lawsuit against me and asking me to immediately call the number back. I called the number, got someone with a non English/American accent. He told me that the IRS was filing a criminal lawsuit against me. I asked for their name and they gave me my wife's name. I told him that I was going to call the police on him and he said that he was going to send the police to my house. I hung up, googled the number and have confirmed that this is a scam. I also sent an email to the IRS fraud division with the information that I'm recounting here.