Jan 10, 2016
A March 2015 ABC News piece reported the IRS tax scam had targeted more than 360,000 people in every state stealing a total of $15.5 million.
The call has also been reported from New York and San Francisco area codes.
"A rash of telephone scams, both old and new, have people posing as representatives of state and federal agencies to intimidate Alabamians into sending money or providing private information to bogus criminal callers," Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph Borg said in a press release last month. "The Office of the Attorney General and the Alabama Securities Commission are teaming up to help protect Alabamians from falling for such phone call scams."
The officials said people who get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS should call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 . The IRS employees at that line can help with any payment issue — if there really is such an issue.