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

me too received a call claiming that IRS and need to call them back ......I did not felt I was scam he spoke with heavy accent looking on the net its a scam and best the they called from 585 283 8485 phone and left a different phone to call them back the 209 320 1389

At 7:50am EST, Got a call from this guy claimed to be irs. He also said Damon Marshall was from NY office (with CA number).

Same here.  "Morrison"  left a VM and want me to call back, he said he's from IRS, so I did a search and find out it's a scam.  .  Anybody knows who should I report this to?

I also get same msg today. first i was shock. but when my son dial this number and ask them more info. they hung up on him.

Same number.  Said that he was from IRS.  Impersonating an IRS agents or agents of authority is a crime.

Got the same call

Just got the same call from same guys.

got the same message as Angella.

I got a call from this number and left a VM in thick Indian accent. When I called back some "officer" Damon Marshall picked up the call and told me he has 10 years of my "Income Tax" papers in front of me (I haven't been in this country for that long to begin with!). He lost my attention then and there. He said I owe $4500 else he is sending sheriff to my work place (He called on Fedreal Holiday not to forget - Jan 20 MLK Jr. Day!). I said send me paper work of what I owe and then we will talk.He said there is no paper work in my case only one year jail and he hung up saying "good luck one year in jail!"

I couldn't stop laughing after he hung up. But when I texted my friends about this Jerk they said this is a huge scam going on and these guys are targeting Indians more or less. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE HIM ANY MONEY! IT IS A SCAM AND REPORT TO IRS IF NEEDED. I AM GOING TO REPORT IT TO MY LOCAL POLICE SINCE HE HASN'T STOPPED CALLING ME.