yesterday, i received a call from this number. since i didn't recognize the number, i let my answering machine pick up the call. here's the message they left me: "This message is meant for <my name>. This is investigation officer Jim Marshall from Internal Revenue Services. This call is regarding the warrant (unclear) against your name and your passport is kept on hold by the US government. Your warrant ID is CM10010. So I want you to call me on urgent basis. The hotline to my division is 202-204-0484. I repeat it is 202-204-0484. Again this is officer Jim Marshall with Internal Revenue Services, Washington DC. Have a good day." i did not return the call until it was well after office hours. it went straight to a mailbox with a nondescript outgoing message (no mention of the IRS). "Jim Marshall" did speak with a distinctly indian accent (i should know, i am indian-american myself). apparently, these scamsters are targeting immigrants. see http://stlouis.bbb.org/article/st-louis-count ... bbb-warns-44018
in order to make sure that this is indeed a hoax and not the result of some mail that i missed, i called the IRS. i've been on hold for over 2 hours.
hello everyone,
we just got the same call and I called irs and its a scam becarefull guys.
don't fall for that. I called that number and told him that I will give his number to the police to investigate and he hang up on me.
Rec'd. a call from 1-202-204-0484: 12/4/2013...stating that I have computer problems. This person said that he was working for Microsoft and that I had a problem on my computer. He wanted me to go to my computer and sign on so he could fix it.
he knew everything about me...name, address, phone # etc. Very scarry....I tried to get as much information about him as possible....but...could not really understand him..he had an accent. INDIA...What should I do. Who can we trust out there?
i got the same call. Spoke with a very distinct India accent. Said his name was 'Mike' and he was from Microsoft Technical Support. I just said, 'oh yeah? well...i don't have a computer' and hung up. I wish now I would have stayed on longer with him and really given him the run around. LOL