Call them back and threaten THEM with arrest.

Total fraudulent call.  The IRS does not call people.  They send you letters.

Same call from the IRS from this number as many of you stated received this morning.  The woman had a Russian or eastern european accent.  

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  got exactly similar call like what Daphne reported at 7 AM from this number and wanted to call and talk to Michael Johnson (IRS) today itself. Though I knew it was fraud, I took the information. I asked for the the name of the lady who called who had an accent. She said it is "Grecia."  

Saturday, January 25, 2014: I was fast asleep and at 6:02 a.m. I received a call from a lady with an accent that asked for me by my first name, she did not give me a name for herself. She said she was calling from the IRS to inform me that I have issues on the money I paid on income taxes for last year and that I need to call her boss, Michael Johnson. I told her that the IRS never calls and is this a hoax call? Her response was "Maam, you have issues with your income tax, it is my job to call and inform you of this and to ask you to call my boss, Michael Johnson at 425-658-9101, did you write the name and number down? I told her that this was a hoax call and that if the IRS wanted to contact me, they would send correspondence, and her response to me was there will be legal consequences, I said in return, yes there will be legal consequences and they will be against you. She said "Okay Maam" and at that point I hung up. These people are calling from U.S. phone numbers. I have received two calls so far on two Saturdays in a row from two different numbers and two different individuals that are supposedly calling from the IRS.

Same: IRS. Will arrest you and your husband. I knew it was fraud but why at 7 AM Saturday morning. What can we do about this???

A guy called us today and freaked my wife out claiming we are in a litigation with the IRS and to please call back.  I called back and he wanted to appoint me an attorney.  I suspect that attorney would be the one who traps me into sending money to prevent litigation.  I demanded to know for what this is in regards.  He finally said that I am being arrested for IRS fraud and that our house will be seized within a couple of hours.  He could not give me any details as I kept challenging him.  I finally asked if I could speak to someone who could speak "clear English".  He had a deep mid-Eastern or Indian accent and hard to understand.  He hung up on me.  Called IRS and they said to ignore it.  Also left a message on FBI tip line but I suspect nothing will come of it.  

My question is simple.  The number is a US number.  I called the number so it's a real number.  I guess though it forwards to somewhere outside of the US.  How did they get this number?  Why can't the IRS or FBI shut down this group?  Or, at the very least, deal with the phone companies that sell these numbers.

A guy called claiming from IRS and not to disregard his message

Around 7.45, on second call, my wife picked up the phone and caller identifed as Elly smith from IRS and to contact Mr. Michael Johnson. If it is IRS, they send you letter first, so I knew it is bogus. I was expecting IRS to leave message on first call if it was genuine.

The guy called up with a Heavy Indian accent, claiming calling from the IRS in LA (Ha!). My wallet was stolen a few months back. I guess the identity thieves have got my info on the market now. Exterminate these Bas**ds

IRS called 6.45 in morning trying to collected $10,000.00 for back taxes total fraud FU** them.