The IRS does not initiate contact via a phone call, they first send postal letters.
The IRS does not threaten arrest.
The IRS does not demand immediate payment over the phone.
The IRS does not ask for Credit card, Debit card, or prepaid money card information, at all.
It is a scam ran by offshore criminals attempting to trick you into sending them money.
Hang up and report the call here:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
More info:
https://www.irs.gov/uac/report-phishing
https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/phone-scams- ... 6-filing-season
Received a call on house phone. Lawsuit against us & local law enforcement will come to home if we don't call back to handle it. I called from a different phone with blocked ID, & got someone with accent from India, I asked where I was calling & he spewed a Washington DC address (funny the area code is Wisconsin). I said this is a scam & stop calling...he said if you think it's a scam then hang up, the police will come to your home...I said good, please send them.
Received a call from 200-0230....on cell phone, of course I declined to answer. I NEVER answer ANY CALL when I don't recognize the number. "They" left a voice mail. The message started in the middle of a RECORDING, stating that I (but did not state my name) had 4 SERIOUS allegations against me. If I didn't call this number back, I would be taken under custody by the local "COPS" !! How professional that sounds! I did a reverse number look up on White Pages & it comes up FLAGGED as an IRS SCAM. The number 920-535-4133, showing Washington Island, Wisconsin, however it is showing from a bandwidth SMSEnabled VoIP (voice over internet). The number that showed up on my caller ID is showing from EGYPT. GO FIGURE! NUMBER BLOCKED! This concerns me when I think about an elderly person receiving a call like this, esp. when they don't have anyone looking out for them to let them know that it is a SCAM! BEWARE!!
Thank you everyone for warning me against the spam. That was my initial reaction but you always wonder lol. I did not answer and then received the same recorded voicemail
Same as above with the incoming number as #2000230...really? Said I also had four allegations against me, not! Scam, beware obviously. Call back was 920-535-4133
Got same call as above from 12000230, with same message. I needed to call 9205354133 within 24 hours or I would be arrested by local police. A scam, please be careful and let everyone you know it's a scam.