Dec 1, 2014
Today my wife received a call on her cell phone from 571-932-2012.
She was not able to answer, and they left a message: "There are 5 tax fraud counts against you and there is warrant out for your arrest." The message asked her to call 571-932-2012 in response.
I called the number from a work phone that I wasn't particularly worried about. Here is the conversation:
Phone answers: "IRS Collections."
Me: "Hi, my wife got a call from this number. What is your IRS ID Number?"
Foreign sounding (East Indian, I think) male voice: "My IRS Agent ID Number is 0224851."
Me: "I was looking online and this number you asked my wife to call is listed as a scam. What do you have to say about that?"
Scammer: "Uh ...." Click, phone hangs up.