SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. (WFLA) – The automated voice gets right to the point.”Hello. This call is officially a final notice from IRS, Internal Revenue Service,” the message says.

Sun City Center doctor Gail Dudley recorded the message on her answering machine. “The reason of this call is to inform you the IRS is filing lawsuit against you,” the recording continues.RELATED: St. Pete man arrested in fake tax scam

Dudley saw our 8 On Your Side story, which explained how Mycobi Lee of St. Petersburg allegedly ripped off a guy in Denver. Law enforcement says Lee had someone threaten that the victim’s parents would be deported.

“I’ve seen these stories before over the last year or two. But when I saw this last night, let me just see if anybody else has had this happen,” Dudley told News Channel 8.

Fake IRS calls are surging across the country. Since October 2013, the agency has logged almost 1 million contacts about the scammers, with more than 5,000 victims who’ve lost more than $26 million.

Dr. Dudley won’t be one of them. “No, no, no. I’ve read too much in my AARP journal so I knew it wasn’t (the IRS),” she said.

The Denver victim is kicking himself for falling for the scam. “Afterwards these guys kept calling wanting more and more money. And then I was like,’You know what? I know I’ve been scammed,'” said Demetrius, who asked us not to use his last name.

Dudley has a warning. “I feel very badly for him because if you don’t know not to play this game, then you’re gonna get, you’re gonna have money stolen,” she said.

8 On Your Side discovered the IRS will never demand payment by phone, require a certain payment method, ask for a credit card number on the phone or threaten to call police.

“Don’t always assume that that phone call is who it says it is,” Dudley said.CHECK OUT THESE OTHER 8 ON YOUR SIDE STORIES: