Yuo..exactly same message..friggin scammers!

Yeah SCAMMERS! Got same message from 20 2 864 1173..JUST IGNORE THEM!

I received the same thing. Told me to hire a lawyer. I told him to mail me the info he was talking about (his accent was strong) I couldn't understand. He said he did mail it in July! What crap!

left same message.. Looks to me like a scam

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.

I was told it was from IRS but it was not a person talking but a recording that he was Officer Dennis Foster and this was time sensitive matter and i was to get my attorney and contact him in regards to what I owe.  It is a scam.  I couldn't even talk to him because it was a recording so why call back

Just received the same call described above from "officer Erik Foster". It's a known scam!

Got phone call as well. I like to have a little more fun w these people so After calling numerous times finally talked to Officer , played along as I was scared and wanted to take care of this ASAP. I was then transferee to another heavy accent officer who said he was Spanish lol.  So I said ok you say I owe you $1400 can I please make a payment plan he said no it has to be in full or I will be arrested by tomorrow. I replied that I don't have that kind of $$ right now he insisted I borrow money from family friends or neighbors hahahaha. I politely said I don't live in Mexico and am not related to the drug cartel to get that kind of money. He then responded w explicit Spanish words which I gladly exchanged back and forth until he hung up.  I'm trying to get through again as this is the most fun I've had in a while. C'mon people. Don't be foolish enough to fall for these scams.  If IRS was really after you, you would get something in the mail.  And if you are legitimately a tax frauder where you were hiding a lot of money youbdeserve to go to jail

I got a same message. if you have given him your four last # SSN or other personal Info , you should put fraud alert on your all bank accounts.

I got a call Officer Eric Foster from the IRS...202-864-1173."if I ignore his call good luck and get a Lawyer"

Received voice message from a John (?) Foster with the same message as above.

WASHINGTON ? The Internal Revenue Service's watchdog warned taxpayers Thursday about a sophisticated nationwide phone scheme that it said is "the largest scam of its kind" it has seen.



The scheme involves callers claiming to represent the IRS and demanding immediate payments with a prepaid debit card or wire transfer, the watchdog said.



Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George said that "thousands of victims" have paid more than $1 million to fraudsters and that his agency has received more than 20,000 reports of contact.





The callers have used much the same script, TIGTA officials said.



Officials also said that the callers often know the last four digits of the victims' Social Security numbers, and they threaten arrest, deportation and the revoking of driver's licenses ? something the IRS is not authorized to do ? to try to force compliance.

If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and uses threatening language if you don't pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn't the IRS calling," George said in a statement.



The callers use common names and fake IRS badge numbers, in addition to manipulating caller IDs, to appear more legitimate, officials say. Some also follow up with false IRS emails and with phone calls in which they pretend to represent the police or motor vehicles officials, TIGTA said.



The IRS generally contacts taxpayers first by mail or with personal visits from field agents, and it does not accept credit card information by phone, officials said.



The scam, which the IRS first identified in August, started out targeting immigrants, but the callers are now going after people of all backgrounds, officials said.



"The increasing number of people receiving these unsolicited calls from individuals who fraudulently claim to represent the IRS is alarming," George said.



The Secret Service, which deals with financial crimes in addition to protecting national leaders and their families, is investigating the scam, alongside local law enforcement agencies. TIGTA officials said authorities are working with "major phone carriers" to track the calls.



The last widespread scam of similar proportions involved online "phishing" attacks that increased rapidly between 2006 and 2010, officials said.



TIGTA on Thursday warned taxpayers to be aware of other schemes such as lottery sweepstakes and solicitations for debt relief that fraudulently claim to come from the IRS.

Today 5-8-2014 someone called me to get a lawyer because I will be questioned by IRS. I asked what is his name and he said"Superman" this is non sense.

Same call on my cellular

Just got same VM.  Also got calls last week from a 415 251 4089.  Scam!!!

Received a call from (202) 864-1173. Message left, "IRS, call immediately, being sued by IRS for tax fraud, if you don't call, then I wish you good luck!" Returned call, on phone for twenty-thirty minutes with a guy with very thick accent, stating that I would be arrested tomorrow at my home by state police and IRS and held for 24 hours. Sued for under paying in tax years 2200. Said I can only speak to police, lawyer and IRS....bottom line, I called IRS they said their being flooded with calls regarding these calls...

I just got the same call!

Got the exact same message as everyone else did, twice, from Gary. Called back out of curiousity. When Gary answered his accent magically disappered.  When I asked how do I know I'm really talking to the IRS he told me to do something very vulger.  

I just received an exactly same message claiming to be from IRS Internal Revenue Service.  The caller identified himself as "Officer Gary Foster", and asked to call back ASAP at 1-202-864-1173...

I received the same message from "Derrick"  and I called back to tell him not to call this number and that he is not calling from the IRS. he said oh sh** this is not the IRS and some other vulgar choice words. I said I cannot even understand you Habib, so stop calling and I hung up. This is a scam! I just wish someone could stop these people.

They claim to be from the IRS Internal Revenue Service and that the information is time sensitive that i needed to or my attorney needed to contact him asap and that i should not disregard the information that his name is Derick Foster and his hot line team number was 202-864-1173 and that he has to hear from ASAP and if i do not call back he said good luck.
He does sound like he is reading off a paper.

I to got the same message yesterday saying he was from IRS Internal Revenue Service and his name was Derick Foster to call him back at 202-864-1173 it was time sinsitive and he needed to hear from me or my attorney asap. if he did not hear from me or my attorney all he could say was good luck.  his Accent made it hard to understand him fully and he sounds like he is reading off of a paper or something... when i did try to call back it said it was not in service to look and make sure i dialed the number correctly...

Call claiming to be derrick foster threatening me . Reports they are from IRS have all of your information. When you try to call back you get a busy signal or hung up on.

Left me a message say it's extremely time sensitive and that it's important  that my attorney call him his name is Derrick Foster
and hot line to his division is  (202) 864-1173 and don't try to disregard  this message and do return the call. If you don't return the call and if you don't here from you attorney either the only thing I can do is obviously wish you good luck as the situation badly unfolds on you  so give me a call back ASAP and he say's Thank you...

Got a phone call from this number, left weird threatening message saying I needed an attorney. Called back answered as IRS. Asked for my phone number and when I asked how do I know for sure this was the IRS I called there was no response. Got disconnected. Tried callin back a few times and got busy signal.

Called, claiming was IRS and that I had a case against me and that I needed a lawyer

left me vm with non sense, also got calls from 202 666 8460