This is your friendly IRS help tip! Avoid IRS Phone Scammers!

Scammers are going to great lengths to impersonate the IRS by providing fake badge numbers and appearing as the IRS on your caller ID. They may threaten you with a lawsuit or with arrest, demanding that you make an immediate payment over the phone.

Your Solution: If you get a call from someone claiming to be the IRS, hang up immediately. The IRS does not call and ask for information over the phone. Even if you think it’s actually the IRS, get the caller's name and badge number. Then hang up and call back directly to the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Do not call back on a phone number provided to you by the caller!