Male identified himself as an investigator from the irs.  Told me a won 30 million dollars and i needed to pay tax before i could receive money

THIS IS A SCAM. This is a version of the advance-fee-for-something scam where something is a grant, loan, lottery winnings, interest rate reduction, gift card, refund, doggie, cruise, vacation, free gas, etc., and the advance-fee is for tax, shipping, registration, insurance, secure handling, processing, etc. They may send you a fake check, may want your credit/debit card or bank account number,  or tell you to wire cash via Western Union, Moneygram, etc. They can put recurrent difficult-to-cancel monthly charges or a 1-time charge on your card or bank account, and sell account info to other criminals and you'll have to replace accounts altogether. Wired-cash is irretrievable - once it's picked up at the other end, it's untraceable and gone. If they want you to call them up for instructions, they may tell you not to discuss the wire with Western Union desk clerks but the real reason is WU clerks are familiar with these scams and will warn you not to wire the money. Report to US Postal Service Inspectors https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

My mother received a phone call today by a man named John Cassyey.  He stated that she had won 1.8 million dollars and a new 2011 car.  This did not sound right to her because she does not enter contests.  She asked what was the claim number and he said she did not need one. Red flag for her because you need a claim number especially with a large sum of money like this.  They wanted to deliver the check via FEDEX and they would be accompanied by 2 U.S. Marshals.  They just wanted to verify some information that my mother refused to give.  

She told them that she had to call her lawyer and John said that it was okay to give his number so that he and the her lawyer can iron things out.

She did not feel comfortable with this because she knew she did not enter any contests. Then John stated that he would transfer her to a person who could clear up any concerns.  He pretended to transfer the phone to someone but it was still him disguising his voice.  My mother asked him; "Didn't I just speak with you?" The phone call ended.

I googled to find out where this came from and found this.....  Everyone, please be careful!!!

This is a SCAM!  I received a call from this phone number today (1/14/11) and was told by the caller I was going to be "hand delivered" a cashiers check from Bank of America for $250,000 and the delivery person was going to be accompanied by two U.S. Marshals.  (That was my first clue!)

Of course I had to ask some questions first and then came the kicker.  I had to agree to put a charge on a major credit card as insurance "just in case something happened to the delivery people" on the way to my house.  

I hung up finally and then he called back several times.  I finally just left the phone off the hook so he couldn't call back any more.

All I can say is please be careful!