This number called left message..barely understandable through heavy foreign accent..long rambling about some IRS fraud/audit/court case..they ID themselves but you can't even make out what they're saying. It's like a Saturday Night Live skit come to life. They are so unbelievable obvious Scammers 101 Class.
My Caller ID read: 800 Service

Traced the call to a 888 918 0509 linked to a Pakistan IP address.

This is a tax fraud scam, to cheat American citizens.

Ha! I just got the call. (8889180509) Female with heavy Indian accent (I am married into an east Indian family so I know it well.) She called herself Lisa and asked for my husband. I explained that he wasn't available and asked what her business was. She claimed not to be able to discuss it with me. As my husband is a very busy doctor, I always run interference for sales calls and asked again the nature of her call. She got belligerent and said that she was with the IRS. I laughed, of course, as I sign our tax forms too and told her she's full of dung. She said I'd see when he was arrested in 45 minutes. Told her to come get him, I am pissy with him anyway. She hung up. We are still laughing about it but I worry for those who might not be as savvy.

I again got a call from this guy at 6:15 a.m. this morning and I picked up the phone and cuss him and he hung up quick.

I just received a phone call from the same number. He said he is John Andersen and our filings from 2008-2012 are incorrect. what a scam !!  take care every one.

have been receiving messages from2-3 weeks . Thank God for the internet . THe CALLERS  ARE SUCH DUMB IDIOTS

I received the same message from this number today! Digitized voice recording:

"Hi my name is Fernando Rodriguez calling you from the tax audit Department with the Internal Revenue Service is. This is to inform you that we have received a legal petition against your name concerning a tax evasion at tax fraud before this matter goes to the federal court house or before you get arrested by the County Sheriff's office is kindly call us back on our number which is 8889180509. I repeat 8889180509. Don't disregard this message and do return the call before the situation goes worse on you to know more about this please press one now. To ignore this message please press nine. Thank you and have a wonderful day."

Thought it was a scam and looked it up - glad to see these posts confirm it. Thank you!

got a voice mail from this number with exactly the same message. I have been receiving these kind of calls and each time I block a number they call from a different number. They are using magic jacks and calling from outside the country. Most of the time heavy accents but this time they seem to have gotten hold of a recording to hide their accents.
IRS will always send an audit notification instead of calling on phone and using non-professional language. They will never accuse before doing an audit. Best way is to keep blocking the numbers till they run out. It's high time IP phones were regulated. IP phones should be restricted to the area code or the country code. These guys, who can only wish to be in America, are threatening US residents, using American technology and nothing can be done about it.

same message as the first one in terms of a digitized voice saying it was Fernando Rodriguez of the IRS

got  a call from 888 918 0509 with an accent  , claim to be from IRS  with  identical threat and demand

Yes I just received two calls from this same person with same message.  Out of curiousity, I decided to call the number.  I also asked why I didn't receive any notice in the mail.  He actually told me that they tried to sent it certified but no one was home and it was mailed back.  When I asked them to resend the notice - they told me that the court had the papers!  This is a total scam and I am glad I googled the number.  Thank god for the internet these days.

Ashok, Exact same horror with me too!! See my post. I hope these guys rot in hell. They ruined my morning. I have called AT&T and reported.

Exact same thing. I had the misfortune of picking up the phone this morning (caller from San Angelo, Texas, 325-500-0533) when it rang and was stunned beyond disbelief to hear that an arrest warrant was pending against me and I would find myself behind bars in a couple of hours, for 4 counts of tax frauds/evasions/ theft by deception! The names of these evil, miserable creatures who ruined my morning: Officer Rico Lopez who then transferred me to his "superior officer" Tony Williams and they said they were from the "Tax Crime investigation unit of the IRS". Or it could be settled out of court if I would pay them a few thousand dollars through government bonds right away. That was  a sure red flag. When I asked the guy how I could be sure if this was legitimate, he got wild and said he will straight send me to jail! My passport would be seized, my bank accounts frozen, and other horrors... I have called and reported this number to my phone provider. Oh and by the way, when I asked how come I never received any notice before, if at all, he said they sent out 2 legal notices last year... lie after lie. Hope they rot in hell, harassing innocent law-abiding people. Folks, please be careful and don't give out any info.

Received message on home answering machine, 4/10/2014 - a digitized voice - said I am Fernando Rodriguez from the Tax Audit department of the IRS. They received a legal petition against me to report on tax fraud and tax evasion, and that I must call them back before "the issue goes to the federal courthouse or I am arrested by county sheriff." Their # 888-918-0509.

I returned the call to see what they wanted :-) - they advised that I need to pay $3000.00 immediately to avoid being arrested. When I asked them to mail me the letter, the guy became rude saying that I am not your servant to send the letter. At that point, I realized that it is a scam and disconnected the call.

I called IRS to verify if they know anything of this phone number. IRS person told me that they will never call people regarding tax audit or unpaid taxes. They always deal with people by letters and do not demand any money over phone.

Please file the scam/fraud report at http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml or call at 1-800-366-4484 to report the scam incident.

Received a similar call from the same number today - 4/10/14.

I got this message on my voicemail...looks like someone is playing the record..

"Hi my name is Fernando Rodriguez calling you from the tax audit Department with the Internal Revenue Service is. This is to inform you that we have received a legal petition against your name concerning a tax evasion at tax fraud before this matter goes to the federal court house or before you get arrested by the County Sheriff's office is kindly call us back on our number which is 8889180509. I repeat 8889180509. Don't disregard this message and do return the call before the situation goes worse on you to know more about this please press one now. To ignore this message please press nine. Thank you and have a wonderful day."

Received the similar call today

Received call few minutes back..same digitized msg.

same...received the call today. I knew it was a spam

Received message on home answering machine, 4/10/2014 - a digitized voice - said it was Fernando Rodriguez from the Tax Audit department of the IRS. They received a legal petition against me to report on tax fraud and tax evasion, and that I must call them back before "the issue goes to the federal courthouse or I am arrested." Their # 888-918-0509.

Yes I got the same call 2hrs back twice.

I also received a message from the same number yesterday. What 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.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.

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/irs ... hing-scam.html/

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_24016224/fremon ... ty-targeted-irs

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists ... ity-thieves.ece

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-m ... y#axzz2wk6O5un4

Received call from same #888-918-0509 accusing IRS fraud with case #JR541NY, In the month of September IRS send me a certified letter but there was no body to receive it. Now they want to issue arrest warrant non bailable and could loos my social security card, freeze my all bank account, loose my house etc. enough to frighten & settle it right way paying them $2900 by credit card. I requested to fax me document or email me docs before I accept or pay anything. but he wanted to say yes to pay or settle at court followed by arrest warrant. I told him to settle at court but going to call 911 & police department.. Police officer came to my house after I call them & explain that it is scam call.

Yes I got the call from the same number 1 hour back and this person told me the same on the phone. He said that I can resolve the case immediately by paying $2478 or I can opt to dispute when I have to appear in the court, I will be sued, my car will be seized, accounts frozen and even arrested. I said that I wanted to dispute the case and hung up.

got a call today with the same message... Knew it was fraud so came online to check the number...

I got the call twice today from 325-500-0533 with a bad Indian accent. Left a message for me or my attorney to call the Tax Crime division of IRS. I was told it was time sensitive matter and I don't call back then good luck to me as I am in big trouble. The person calling said their name was Mike something.

They must be desperate to call me twice within few hours.

IRS Scam. This voice was digitized, probably to hide the horrible, Indian accent. But the script is exactly the same. Please, whatever you do, DON'T CALL THEM BACK!!!!!!

They must be on a last ditch effort to get money because I received 7 calls today, threatening all kinds of ridiculous things. Since I do pay my taxes (and just paid a chunk to the U.S. govnt), I don't think a sheriff will be on my doorstep anytime soon.

Here are other #'s that I received these scam calls from...
800/518-0963
325/500-0533 (says "texas")
585/786-7758
347/338-6022

I also received this message today! When I called him he changed his name on me three times - Fernando Rodriguez, James Rodriguez, James Fernando.

This is 100% a scam - please beware!

Same message and call on Home Tel. BIG FREAUD !!!