IRS Scam number.  Left an automated message in broken English saying "IRS is filing lawsuit against you".

I also received the same call on 12/17/2015. I hope everyone knows the IRS doesn't contact you with a recorded message this way. SCAM!!

I received a call on my cell phone from this number on 12/17/15 and the message said the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me.  So I used a land line at my work and called it back and some guy with a Middle Eastern accent answered "Internal Revenue Service".  I told him I knew they weren't the IRS and I had the FBI on the other line and he immediately hung up.  It's definitely a scam to get people to give credit card numbers for help holding off the IRS.  Don't answer this number!

"This call is officially your final notice from the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). The reason for this call is to inform you that the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you. To get more information about this case file, please call immediately on our department number 281-393-8118."  This message was left on my VM on 12/17/2015.  Just an FYI: re the IRS not using the phone as a means to contact us, I recently heard a newscaster say that this is to change and our government will allow the IRS to CALL us (nothing like confusing all of us, especially seniors, who have been told for years that the IRS will NEVER contact us via a phone call).  I hope that this isn't true!

Total scam.  Originates in either India or Pakistan.   Block and ignore.   DO NOT RETURN THE CALL!
See:  http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterate ... -Telephone-Scam

Report them:
https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml
I’m an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (Inactive). IRS does not initiate contacts by phone.  US mail only.   IRS does not file lawsuits.   Court action, if any is handled by the DOJ and all parties are entitled to legal assistance if it is a criminal matter.  But--tax disputes are for the most part civil matters.  90% of all IRS tax disputes are settled administratively.  IRS has absolutely no authority to call on local law enforcement for anything. Local law is never involved in IRS tax disputes. IRS does not threaten to involve local law enforcement or to arrest you for nonpayment of federal taxes.  IRS has no powers of arrest.    If LE is necessary, US Marshals do the job.  IRS does not cold call anyone and demand immediate payment of  money.  IRS does not ask for financial information over the phone.   IRS does not accept Green card money paks for payment in any case.  No one is prosecuted for ordinary tax disputes. IRS has absolutely no authority over anyone's professional license. Professional licensing is handled by state governments.  Yes, levies on property to satisfy an existing tax obligation do occur, but only after a very long period of negotiation. And yes, liens are placed on individuals but  usually after a lot of negotiation and a failure to reach a settlement.    All determinations of tax liability are subject to appeals.  All  contacts by the IRS are initiated by US mail.
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