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.
As with everyone else here, this caller had a South Asian Indian accent and said he was from Microsoft. He hung up a second after I started questioning him about why he was calling. I usually give callers 1.5 seconds to respond to my "hello". If it takes longer than that, I get suspicious because it means they are using an automated machine to call and only getting onto the line when they get a response. Anyone making a legitimate call would respond immediately to a "hello".
Just to second what everyone above has reported - we just received a call from 202-204-0484 - came up with the number and "unknown" so we let it go to voicemail - of course, they did not leave a message. Thanks to everyone above - we know it's a scam number and we'll continue to ignore! Great forum here.
I also received a phone call from 202-204-0484. The caller had a very pronounced Asian Indian accent . . . like the ones that I have been receiving from a Dell service site. I assumed it was again Dell wanting me to renew a "problem fix" service that I had had for a couple of years. I promptly told them no and hung up.
As for them having phone numbers, addresses, names, etc., all of that information is on various online websites for anyone to see. I have been able to trace family members, school mates, and old friends from work through these websites. Unless you go on line and specifically request that the information be removed it will be there. Even then it may be difficult to remove.
This number was given to me by a "representative" from Microsoft Technical Support. They wanted to fix my computer of an "Alureon" virus before my computer crashed in 3 days. When they asked for me to buy a yearly protection package for $279 that came with a free microsoft tablet for the same amount I got suspicious. Don't give them your credit card info! The original caller sounded like he was from India, then transfered me to a Steven Lee in technical support....