I got an automated call on my land line today, went to my answering machine unit before I could get to it, which said it was the IRS serving final notice that they would be filing a lawsuit against me. It actually had a very legit sound to it, and I happen to have an outstanding balance with them that I cannot immediately cover, so although I was suspicious it was quite frightening.

Couldn't find any direct evidence of it being an IRS number (like them listing it on their own site) and then searched the web for the number along with the words "who called" and came up with this page where I discovered that the number only cropped up today, no reports before today but a bunch all of a sudden now by people who were all told they were being sued by the IRS, and one of them who engaged with the guy being told if he didn't pay before hanging up (by some nefarious means I'm sure, some tricky fake account that will only be open for a week) that a warrant would be issued for his arrest.

This is the page where I got to debunk it (8328152651 | Find who calls you!), but there are a few sites who provide the same type of service so I always just search the number plus "who called" and see where people have been commenting.

Days like today I am very thankful for the internet. Without it I might have panicked myself into a gaddang heart attack.

Wanted to share in case anyone here is not aware of these types of sites. They can be very helpful in debunking the unfortunate array of scams going on.