Strong foreign accent - threatened and asked for 2k in taxes. He said not to interrupt but was an a** and I questioned him --- HE spoofed and called back from the IRS 1800 829 1040  number and I got suspicious. I called IRS and they told me that they never call but send letter if ever

I received the same call this morning. I am Indian and I had no problem telling him that IRS employees speaks English and I know the call was nonsense. I then told him to go eat some curry and to stop calling me. I hung up and called him back later and told him I was the IRS and he will go to jail if he doesn't pay his taxes. When they call you, call them back. Harass them so they will not want to continue doing this. I felt really good after.

I received call yday from 202-203-4812 with Washington DC caller id. He (Eddie Smith) told he is calling from IRS and my husband needed to call him back ASAP, the case is being registered against him. Is this scam? do we need to worry about that. My husband said if it is from IRS they will send mail, they don't call.

I received same call 3 times today with in 5 minutes and he did not leave any messages. Thanks guys for your information above. It was very helpful.

My parents had recieved a call earlier this morning Requesting for a payment from the IRS on Taxes for 2007 for $3000. Person on the phone threathen to Freeze Passport if they payment was not paid in full within a few hours. Person on the phone was from the Indian-Decent. Phone number listed is 202-803-4812. I have called numerous times for the last 30mins and now the phone number is busy and no one will pick up.

WASHINGTON ? The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver?s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

?This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country.  We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves.  Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,? says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. ?If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don?t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn?t the IRS calling.? Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail
Other characteristics of this scam include:
Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim?s Social Security Number.
Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it?s the IRS calling.
Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
After threatening victims with jail time or driver?s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here?s what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue ? if there really is such an issue.
If you know you don?t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you?ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
If you?ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their ?FTC Complaint Assistant? at FTC.gov.  Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.  This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to phishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam

"Hugh Foster", calling from "IRS office in DC", badge# 749586, reguarding unpaid taxes , says the case is being registered against you today, so you need to call him asap. his number is 202-803-4812.  this was also the number that came up in caller id.

I got the same call. strong Indian accent. we will have legal problems IRS are going to strip my citizensip too . . . . They are going to arrest me

A man with a very heavy accent has left two messages on our answering machine that if we don't call him back at that number, we will have legal problems.  I thought it was an Indian accent but my husband says it's Nigerian.