I got a call on my voice mail from Steve Martin,alledgedy from the treasury dept saying the same garbage,he had an Indian accent.The number was in L.A. California. A definite scam!
I got the same call -- Steve Martin with that heavy accent. Left VM message -- same message. I feel sorry for poor souls who actually fall for this and give out personal info. (Out of curiosity, I called that number back, from a phone other than my home phone, and got a recording that the number is unavailable and no message could be left.)
Very Annoyed, indeed! We'd got similar calls before claiming that they are representing the department of Treasury and ignoring their message will be ended up with some sorts of punishment/penalties. Total losers! Stop calling already, or you will be ended up somewhere you belong to!” PS.: Caller ID shown as Los Angeles, CA.
Dude with Indian accent (Steve Martin), muttering something about a serious enforcement issue. Seemed to have trouble reading his English script, and gosh, the Indian accent kind of gives away the whole scam thing. I did NOT speak any English into the phone, and then proceeded to laugh hyterically. There is zero chance of anyone getting any $$ from us, due to a phone call initiated by them. Although have heard of this scam, this is the first time that I have heard their spiel. Usually the guys with Indian accents are telling me that my computer has a problem ... which is yet another really dumb scam. I used to never answer the phone, and block as many numbers as possible, but it didn't really slow down the number of scam calls. Now, I never speak English when answering the phone .... and THAT works better than anything else for the usual scammer. Steve Martin doesn't notice though, he just drones on sputtering through his idiotic script.