got a call at home from guy with Indian accent, said he was Matthew Jones from IRS and to call back ASAP at 585-283-7013 ext 100. When i called back, said person at ext 3092 was busy but to leave a message. I was already suspicious so googled the number to find out this is a big scam

Scam. Scam scam.

Received the same message on my phone today, man with a heavy indean accent and really hard to understand. Be careful people IRS will always correspond with you through mail.

I got a similar call on Monday (MLK day), and the lady with a foreign accent left her phone number at 585-568-6665 .  She called twice today at 8:00 am today  and left number of 585-283-7013.
Be very careful.

I got the same message! It is a scam.

just received a message on my home phone this morning, from Daniel Martin!!?? IRS employee, really on MLK day? apparently I'm having a deficiency on my taxes, that i need to call back asap, the guy has a very thick Indian accent that very hard to understand, it obvious that he is a scammer, I'm reporting him to IRS , so watch out guys!

We got the same message around 8:00 am this morning
He said his name was Frank Watson and said he was calling
Wally Strange..

Yes, this is a holiday and this guy was hard to understand.

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 received a similar call from a person calling himself David Jones from the IRS at 9:02 a.m. this morning (01/20/2014), he referred to me by my former married name from 7 years ago. I did not answer the call he left a msg. He said that there was an issue with my income tax and before any legal action is taken I need to call 585-568-6665. He spoke with an accent and at times it was hard to understand what he was saying. I called my Tax Person that helps me with my taxes each year and he said that it was a hoax, the IRS never calls, if there are any issues they will send correspondence. He also said that the person did not identify which department of the IRS he was calling from or what the issue was. He advised me not to call the phone number in case that was an issue in itself. Watch out everyone.

I also got this guy called early this morning on MLK holiday.   Really? IRS works on federal holiday!.  Very suspicious!

This guy called today (1/20/2014) asking us to call this number back as we have a deficient tax return case. He sounded a scammer:
1. Foreign accent hard to understand
2. This 585 number is always busy, or "cannot be completed as dialed"
3. He failed to provide answer on which year of tax return for our case
4. He couldn't provide a case number
5. A real tax problem never gets resolved over the phone. A formal letter with IRS letterhead is a must

Be ware, don't fall victim of this type of low tech scammers!

I also got this phone call at 9;00 this morning.  Very suspicious!  First, today (1/20/14) is a federal holiday, no agent works.  Plus, if something from IRS that urgent, they have to send you a written letter, with a toll-free number and agent ID.  This is a scam, be very careful.

this person called Friday the 01/16/2014 and again today Monday 01/20/2014, he says he is an IRS agent, he speak with an accent he calls in the  in the morning about7:00 AM

This guy with a foreign accent called and left his phone number at 585-568-6665 saying he's calling from IRS about my income tax this Saturday morning (1-18-14).  Have anyone ever heard IRS's staff working on weekend?  Watch out, everyone!