IRS phone scam is just tip of the iceberg

The phone numbers come up on the screen from across the U.S. as New York, Chicago and Seattle.

And the message left by a computerized voice might sound like this: "Don't disregard this message, do return the call. Now if you don't return the call and I don't hear from your attorney either, then the only thing I can do is wish you good luck as the situation unfolds on you. Goodbye."

That's in a nutshell a brief description of one of the more popular telephone scams around, the call from the IRS.

Calling the number back, if one can get through, is comedic relief as, first comes the standard "nex...