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

I just got a call like this from a man posing as an officer from the IRS with the number (703)8318283.  At first I received a recorded messages that said it is important for me to call back otherwise he wishes me good luck.  I called back and he answered telling me I am a part of a text crime investigation.  I said is this some kind of joke.  He said you will be laughing when they come after you and hung up the phone on me. Does anyone know what this scam is about?

I just got a call like this from a man posing as an officer from the IRS.  At first I received a recorded messages that said it is important for me to call back otherwise he wishes me good luck.  I called back and he answered telling me I am a part of a text crime investigation.  I said is this some kind of joke.  He said you will be laughing when they come after you and hung up the phone on me. Does anyone know what this scam is about?

Do not scare. It is Scam.

got the call from same number but look like a scam. Do not west your time.

Its pretty typical of the scammers to use these tactics and use real agency's as well as made up ones to sound official.

Please do file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,FTC

http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1

We got the same call. The call was for my mom. He said his name was Justin and worked for Federal Crime Enforcement agency. He wanted us to go to a local Walgreen's or CVS to get some card. He said something about not filling 1040 for 2011. He wanted $2400. My mom, jokingly, offered to pay by check but he didn't want a check because it would take too long. I put the phone on speaker and recorded almost the entire conversation. My mom tried to make the conversation as long as possible. When my mom said she will go to a CVS, he said that he will call back once she was at a CVS. Of course, she didn't go. After 5 min, he called back and I answered the phone. Started to curse him off for about 5 min and he hung up saying that he won't call back. Same thing happened to four of my uncles. And three of them got a call at the same time as my mom. It could be that they are going down a list of people in alphabetical order. He had an accent.

I have received several phone call from this number as federal agency.. They left the thretening message in my answering machine that If I dont call them back they will charge my home in litigation process.

Received a call from this number, left a message saying they had an arrest warrant for my arrest
How stupid is that...to call them back....SICK PEOPLE

we receiving similar calls from this guy calling him self as Gary Wilson from IRS , Federal crime enforcement division and said same thing as my daughter will be arrested and it will be 7 days
before we can speak to her unless we transfer $ 2500 to him with Green dot card. FTC should take out
these Green dot cards they being used as fraude purposes. This guy is from Indian origin and mostly targets Indian females ( house wife ). I was able to trace the phone no. it is coming from Sterling VA ( suburb of dulles va. This guy may have one of those Vonage box which you can carry any where in the world and when call is made it shows united staes phone no. I believe lots of complaints filed on this guy. Why FTC or any govt agency don't back track and find who this guy is ?. In this modern world any body can
be traced very effectively .

Father -In law got same kind of call asking money and those was Indian and Gujarati.

I got the same kind of threat I have a arrest warrent waiting

I got the same call this morning. This is a total scam. Please report them to the FTC (1-877-382-4357). Every phone call helps to get rid of these people. I called them right away.

I got call from this number and told me that He committed crime and will get arrested in 45 minutes. I asked what is your name. Answered Shawn Baker from Federal Crime enforcement. I told person is not here but I am his brother., What type of crime? He replired it is none of youjr business. then I told it is none of your business to callthis number. send me notice in writting. He hang up.
Same guy called looking for Purshottam vachhani and same message. My wife answered first time when I was not
at home.

I recently got  call from this number...I told him off Federal agent my a**.... First of all, they don't cuss on the phone like that, and second they wouldn't call you just like that. You would get something in mail. I cussed them in indian. Today was not the first time i got call from them.. a month ago some lady called about the same story started cussing on the phone, but I told her off..and phone number in caller id ,it vanished. So friends be careful. I have noticed they tend to get more Indian people.

Also to add to my previous post, I just reported the case to FTC at 18773824357, if I were you I would do the same so they can do something about it.

You should call your phone company and report it and also call the Federal Trade Commission who investigates all these imposter and fraudulent calls.  The number for reporting this to the FTC is 877-382-4357.  NEVER give any personal information, especially credit card numbers, over the phone!

I just got a call today from the same number too!!! Guy with an indian accent claiming he is a federal agent and I will be arrested in half hour unless I make arrengements to pay taxes from 2010 since I failed to file 1040 that year! When I asked for more information he said either make arrangement to pay or go to court, when I refused he said ok a police officer will be there in 5 minutes, I said ok send him over!!! Motherf.... couldn't at least lose the indian accent!!!

I told the extorting Indian guy to continue talking for a few more minutes while I linked them to the FBI. They hung up immediately.

Received repeated calls from 703-574-7061 despite attempts to get them off the line. They kept calling me >10 times.

I got call from this no 703-574-7061 and say I am fedral agent calling from fedral crime enforcement. You need to talk to my supervisor or you get arrest in next 30 minutes for fedral crime. I told i don't need talk to him and hang up. He call back and say after 30 minutes I can not help you. I told him that's fine

first my wife got the call then he got my number and call me, threatening me same garbage scam of tax due & pay in rightaway otherwise they will arrest me. I hope he did not want me to take his mom and sister out, I am very busy. What a garbage bas. I do not know what he think. Do not listen this bull s****er. I notify police & FBI so they can talk to indian police department and arrest these garbage.

I clled this  # and I abused like any thing with The Dirtiest Language , and asked who are you , guy told me he is sorry ; but he has to call for 4-5 mafias non English speakers , he is a victim of  some thing. This is scam business,so do not worry and  do not give any Information;but fight with foul language and make a fun

I just got a call she can't pronounced name right.

I got a call from 7035747061 # a few days ago and today as well..  I thought it was fishy that he called and left a message again since the last time they called I asked for his Federal Badge number, he told me to hang up and never call back.
We have 3 legal allegations filled against you he said, I am not sure what will happen to you now, you will see charges on your cards?
I also asked him to tell me which Federal agency location he is calling from, no answer.
He did have a Indian accent and he said his name was Gary Wilson from FBI.

When I called the number back there was no answer, the voice mail box was full so I could not leave a message.
Called FTC and they told me to  call Consumer Protection Agency.

I just got call from same number and since I knew from a friend this is going on. I cursed them and they terminated call. I asked them for their address and told them I am going to FK you b*****ds. I am not sure what government agency to report but some thing should be done about this.  

Callers (INDIAN) claimed to be from Fed Gov't Marshall, flagging of Passport and arrest if Money was not paid in 45 minutes. claiming 2010 1040A taxes one form is missing and to clear it up in 45 minutes would be $1009. He transfer to supervise and he claim I have negative credit report and IF I got to court I will pay $23,000.

Same massage

I got call from this number they are harassing me for arrest and they are forcing to pay fine$1900 if not then they dismiss my passport and citizenship this is fraud please god help them

I got a call just now from this number, asking for my husband. He said his name was David, but he had a thick Indian accent. When I asked him what the call was about, he tells me he is calling from a Federal agency. I told him I don't believe anything he is saying and I asked him to send me everything in writing, he got very angry. He then threatened me that a warrant will be sent out in 45 minutes. I told him I don't believe him and hung up. He tried calling me three times again, but I just blocked the phone number from my phone.