It's a scam.

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 tophishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

So that number and name, is just scammers calling??? Did you find out if you were red flagged by the IRS? Usually, normally the IRS sends a letter to the Tax payer explaining if you owe or think Tax fraud has been committed, they don't phone you

This number claims to be with the IRS. Says he is officer Raymond Francis. Says I have been red flagged. What a bunch of crap. Who are these people???

scam phone call from IRS debt collection dept.

Wow, we have the exact same situation! I'm planning to prank call him back. Going to post that on Youtube as "IRS Fraud Scammer Trolled" or something along the lines of that.

Message on my answer machine at 5:28PM.
Said his name was Michael from the IRS and I must call him back at his department number 917-829-3257.
If I don't call, and he does not hear from me or my attorney he will have no choice but to ???

His accent is so thick I have no idea what he threatened to do.
He obviously has no idea who I am or what I do for a living.
I will be reporting this to a number of law inforcement agencies.

F****ng Indians trying to scam.

tell them you will call the Cops and then just hang up.

They claimed to be from Cashnetusa, but I have an outstanding loan, and am certain that they are not offering a new one.

This number is a confirmed scam to take your $$$ and bank information. They are indian hindu immigrants  who claim they are based in Brooklyn, NY...however when asked where in Brooklyn the response is "Montana" DO NOT GIVE THESE CRIMINALS YOUR MONEY THEY ARE CON-ARTISTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS COUNTRY'S ECONOMICAL SITUATION!!! They personally stole $105 from me today, I reported them to the police. The police officer called them from his office and they told the cop he was full of s***!!! then they hung up on him. These people are disgusting and despicable and God willing I find where they really are. After taking my money they wanted $400 more in order to "secure my loan." Yeah right! One guy claims to be "Chris Jones" the other jack*** is named Gary! WATCH OUT!

im on do not call registry now.....
hope that works...
will call block those numbers too

Strange.I had the same call by three different numbers stating if i want a loan.Indian hindus....
i cursed him out....
He still had the nerve to call back.
dumb mfuckers

Loan scam(?)