These people calls me EVERYDAY. Keep stating that I've won $450,000. Tax free money. In order for me to receive the money I must send them $4,500. Insurance purposes or something like that.  As broke as I am, they really don't need to play with me like that. So I told their dumb a***s that I've already sent that "insurance fee" through Western Union. And now they are looking for it. Good luck finding it. Idiots!!!!

Today 4-14-2014 I received a call from 1-800-829-1040 twice, the caller with European accent  claimed to be from the IRS Office, He left me a voice mail message on my home phone asking me to call the IRS immediately, otherwise I will be arrested and or deported. He said that I was in trouble and owe taxes and must pay asap.  Even though, The caller ID shows 800-829-1040 which the IRS phone line, but he asked me to call a different number which is  202-808-3644.   This is a very sophisticated scam, best thing to do is to ignore these calls. do not even call back

Be aware it is a scam, if you really owe Taxes, and you are in trouble, trust me the IRS Agents will show up at your door step with their guns drawn and you would be indicted, arrested and taken to jail.  

Here is a link about these scammers targeting people of East Indian dessent, written on April 11, 2014

http://highbrowmagazine.com/3869-irs-phone-scam-targets-indian-americans

Other numbers that these jokers have used are 866-338-7767; 347-559-0378; 202-751-2453; 202-803-4897; 202-808-3658. Check out all the posts re: these numbers. Total SCAM ... SCAM .. SCAM.

Sunil -- This is a Scam. Do not even bother responding. These guys are in some boiler room in India and use an automated dialer. If u do not respond, they will call for a few days and eventually give up. Also, in some of these cases, they also follow-up with a call stating that they are from the local police and they are about to issue a non-bailable arrest warrant. This is pure nonsense. Any idiot cannot just issue a warrant without due process.

I got a call from this same number stating the same reasons, ADD what did you do? is this a legitimate?

Received a call with the same number IRS number and call back #2028083644. When I call them back asking about what the mail letter and what are the charges. They could not answer. It's again heavy Indian accent trying to immitate the American. I am going to check with the local police station to see I should lodge a complaint.-AD

Question regarding money laundering .

They are spoofing the IRS's legitimate number. Here is what the IRS has to say about this scam:

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

This is an IRS Scam. Left VM. The guy calls in a heavy Indian accent and states that he is from IRS. They call on a legit IRS number 800-829-1040 except that the call bacl number is 202-808-3644. The message is about some tax fraud and should call before they take legal action. Bring in on Scum. These idiots are relentless -- same call a few days ago but they changed their call back number.