My wife received this call today. Very similar to the above info ie: Officer Brian MacAllister, threatening legal action, if my wife doesn`t call back they will basically ruin her life etc. He actually ended the call with God Bless. When you think it through after the first few seconds of shock you realize how lame this is.
I`m not Scottish nor Indian but how many people with a thick east Indian accent have MacAllister as a last name? I guess it could happen, but seriously! And that`s just 1 hole in this threat! In Canada anyway, the whole process takes longer than 1 phone call before the threats start happening. Usually there are letters and meetings and audits.
In Canada, if you dial *67 before the number you want to call the receiver will not see your number. Why not call Officer MacAllister and wish him God Bless!

We have been receiving calls from this #. My wife has been ignoring it but picked up today and was told that I should call this # right away. I called back and got routed to answering machine of McAllister. We got terrified. Anyone taking any action to stop this?

Thanks all

Consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $60.00 or so.

Report the calls to the real IRS here:
IRS:   http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing
phishing@irs.gov
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

?If you owe federal taxes, or think you might owe taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help you with your payment questions.
?If you don?t owe taxes, call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
?You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

This person constantly calls with different names and calls mostly early morning
How can I stop this and what actions should I take against this person ?

Thanks

This is some coward hiding behind a magicJack device plugged in at some God-forsaken corner of the world where there is Internet service.  He's no better than a common criminal using a magicJack device and your fear the same way a common thief uses a toy pistol hidden in the pocket of his overcoat to make a bulge that looks like a real gun.

You can verify that this is a magicJack number by searching for it at http://www.phonevalidator.com .

This scam has been extensively researched at
http://www.pindropsecurity.com/consumer-fraud ... irs-phone-scam/ and it was found that magicJack numbers are frequently used, and many of the scammers are operating out of India.  There is even an audio recording of a call returned to one of these numbers and a written transcript of the recording contained in links from the Pindrop Security blog.

MagicJacks are readily obtainable outside of the United States for about $100 US and can come with up to a year of free calling to the U.S. and Canada.  In India, see, for example,
http://magicjack.in .
So it doesn't take long to turn a profit, even if only 0.1% of the people they call are stupid enough to believe the scammers.

In addition to the regular reporting channels, e.g., the Department of the Treasury, the FTC, and/or your local state attorney general's office, you might also report the abuse to YMAX Corp.  This is a fully-owned subsidiary of the company that sells magicJacks.  YMAX Corp. is in charge of assigning telephone numbers to magicJack devices.  I have seen reports that they are pretty good at responding to complaints and may be able to permanently shut off a magicJack device, if necessary, so that it can never be used again.

The YMAX Corp. main web page is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com
and their site giving information on how to lodge a complaint is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com/contact.html

Note that the "contact" website gives a clickable link to a "live chat" where you can make your complaint.

Recived a call from 2 men with Indian accent stating that they are federal officers.
Call type IRS

The message was not clear, from someone of Indian descent claiming there was an investigation against me and I need to supply the name of my attorney. The caller got agitated when I asked questions and when pushed did provide me with this number to call back, however, it was not the name of the person they told me.

The message was in broken English and sounded like they were going to start Legal Action against someone. Could not understand who the call was for.

Caller called my wife Yong,  apparently as a federal officer and said, it was important to call back right away and, that they must hear from us. Caller had Asian-Indian accent.Called as officer Jackson but on returning call officer McAllister on answering machine.