THEY CALL MY FRIEND TELLING THAT SHE OWE TAX TO THE IRS. IF SHE DOES NOT PAY SHE GOES TO JAIL FOR 6 MONTHS. SHE TOLD YOU THAT SHE WAS IN JAIL FOR THE SAME CRIME THE MAN TOLD HER FUC...

this guy lies about his location, name, and pretty much anything else you can think of, he should be arrested

I too have been call by the IRS Indian specking person, where he yelled at me and told me to get a lawyer, that we owed money to the IRS.  Which I told him that he was scamming me and hung up.  They then called me later but, I did not hear the ringing and left me a message to call back.  Which I did I listen to what they had to say and then called the Real IRS 1-800-829-1040)  and they were not much help.  She told me that the IRS does call people but that that was very rare.  She told me to call them back, but don't give any information.  Hear what thy had to say and then decide if they were a scam.  I didn't like that response so I went on line and found this web sight. Thank God just think if I had called them back and they sounded ok.  I might of told them everything.  They should instruct they agents at the IRS to tell people not to talk to these people!

>>> Caller ID showed call from California.  Strong Idnian accent. Could not understand his name. <<<

This is your standard magicJack user locked in a dark corner of his mother's basement -- probably in India, from your description -- trying to scam money for his next drug fix because he isn't capable of finding or keeping gainful employment.

This IS a magicJack number.  See the warning at
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... 995/1054/SPORTS
for example.

Caller ID showed call from California.
Strong Idnian accent. Could not understand his name.
Got my first name wrong.
I muted the TV , answered the phone and didn't say one word or make a noise.
He was quite threatening and rude even though all he got on this end was silence.
He called back several minutes later.  Same man. Same scam.
I picked up the phone and said nothing.   Then he asked if my name was  ----------    I said  " NO ".  Again more threats. And again  NO COMMENTS whatsoever by me.
I did recently find that someone had stolen my identity last January.   Since then lots of these calls.
Numerous questions and threats followed though I said nothing.
I  have just ordered a  freon boat air  horn from Amazon.   Used to work  VERY WELL years ago on local telemarketers that wouldn't take no for an answer.
Can't wait for the next call.

I recieved 2 calls in 2 minutes.  The caller spoke broken english, left a message that he was from the "Department of investigations of the IRS internal revenue service."  I called the number, the person who answered pretended to send me to someone else but it was just him.  When I told him this was Bullsh! t he said "no its not" and hung up.

just received several of these calls but on a land line. they have called 5 times in an hour. first person, female gave us same number to call back and ask for Kenneth Webster. Asked if we had an attorney. we have tried to call back got the same lady. after reading this will not try to call again. Hope they will not continue to call either! I agree want to report them--but to who? thanks for the postings..... i typed the number in google and saw we were not alone!

I got the same call on my cell phone - a dead give away they are not from the IRS.  I am a professional tax CPA - how funny.  They are definitely not from the IRS.  The IRS will never make a phone call like this.  Avoid giving these imposters any personal information.

i believe you should report it to Better Business Bureau

in any case DO NOT call back this number!!! They will keep calling you, pretending it's an important matter about IRS and will ask you to call them back. Don't do it, that's a scam to use your cell phone number and high charges will occur on your next bill.

I need to know who to contact to report this message. I do NOT owe the IRS anything, this isnt the number TO the IRS, and I want this person/group taken care of and my number erased.

Received a call today from What the man said his name was Jack Langston,  He stated he was calling from the IRS . and i owed them money  he could barely speak english and definitely with a india accent,I Just hung up my phone.

Received a call today from the number asking for myself.  The number showed up as California on my caller ID.  He stated he was calling from the IRS and asked if I received the letter.  I told him that I didn't know what he was talking about.  Then he gave me the same number to call and ask for a Kenneth Webster.  I did call the number back, and a lady answered stating it was the Investigative Bureau of the IRS.   I knew it was a scam, but I did report it to the FTC.  

same call, same name, same message. I read the comments on this page then didn't even bother calling him back

my son got same message, said they are IRS ( Michael Jonathan) said he had illegal activity on his account.

same thing!!!! called many times saying they were from the IRS. Could barely understand her very thick accent. Don't get scamed, report it to the IRS

Caller said that they were the IRS and that they were about to arrest me for back taxes.  He spoke with a VERY thick accent.  Trying to scam me.

I received a call from this number telling me I owed back taxes. They quoted me an amount I owed but paid over 4 months ago. When I explained it was already paid and cleared, he said I would be arrested and my accounts and driver's license would be suspended or frozen. Heavy Indian accent from both the message I received and the person that answered my call.

This stupid Indian Guy called my phone left a message on my voicemail stated that i owed $15.000 to the IRS when i called them back a stupid dam a** B$$$h identified herself as officer Jean asking me for my bank information with an heavy Indian accent i told her Indians Va**nas stinks if she needs the money to clean her A** i will help her take a plunger and stuck it up her a** then she hung up i called them back they never answered the pone

Just got the same call, saying they are going to come arrest me because of IRS back taxes. Can not the number again

Got a call this morning... went to voice mail.  "IRS agent" said I needed to call back because I owed money and threatened legal action. This is a scam and everyone who gets these calls should report these criminals to FTC, as well as post info to as many social media sites as possible. There are lots of unsuspecting people being victimized by these low lifes.

Here is a link to a recent article about this:

http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/crime-l ... rs-calls/nd426/

Just got the same call, saying they are going to come arrest me because of IRS back taxes. Can not the number again.

Received several calls from this number.  Person says they are Internal Revenue service and that a warrant has been issued for my arrest for fraudulent income tax.  Call the number this morning, same message by a person who speak broken english ... possibly Asian.
 

I Googled this number and landed here before letting the call go to VM.
The call came from 415-251-9096 and it was the "IRS calling due to a tax deficiency."
Didn't mention anything about arrests, but asked that I call back.
I could barely understand whomever it was as it sounded like he was on an IP phone in India.

So @ 858 am i get a phone call from a 415-251-9096 saying he is the irs and that there is a warrant for my arrest becuase i owe for 5 years and the cops are on there way because i will be doing 6 to a year in jail. When i asked him to give me information on what is it that i owe because i dont understand he tells me okay thank you goodbye.. i call the number back for almost 20 mins no answer so ic all the state to file a report when i hang up i call the number back and he answers... his name is officer Taj Anderson from the IRS I tell him listen you called saying i owed money that im getting arrested and then hang up on me.Goes this is the irs stop calling asking stupid questions. hangs up i call back and tell him i reported him how did he get my number why is he stilling money and where is he located he tells me he is in Pakistan and he bough tmy number from a american a** whole thathe has been steeling from american scum bags for 10 years. hangs up starts calling me back to back from a unknown number saying the same way he got my nu,ber from an american a** whole he can get my address and hes gonna come rape me and kill me that for me to keep talking cause he like my voice and starts moaning im trying to get the phone to recors but couldn't the phone died. i called th cops and made a report and called the state so be carefull ppl. the cops also said theres people calling saying that one of their family members was in an accident and theres no id just this number and ppl get nervous and start giving info. i ggoled the number as well ther e are alot of ppl saying the same thing but imade a report just in case.... the devil is out there

The real IRS does not call you, they mail you instead if there is a problem.

Stanley left a message really hard to understand him said he was IRS but I called back and the mailbox was full. Made me nervous I just completed my taxes and got a call.
After reading all these post I am guessing it is a scam so I'm going to cross my fingers.

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

Read this investigative report ABC News did on this scam:

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.

The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.

"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."

Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.

Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.

"He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."

At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.

"I was more or less in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."

After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.

"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.

ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.

Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.

"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."

A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428

Just received the same call.. talking about they will put a warrant for my arrest monday morning if i dont pay something today.. im like lady for real? And besides she sounds like a damn middle eastern indian.. wtf?

I got the same call.  What is going on.