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.
Just got the same call saying that my computer was infected by windows and they wanted to fix it. I just had my computer worked on by Microsoft and told them that. He started stammering saying this wasn't about support so I hung up. Idiots all of them hackers.
The caller id shows the real number to be 1-508-257-4621, which is in Massachusetts. Since they were masking their real number we didn't answer this call, but let the answering machine take it. They left no message, typical of most scammers.
Per lookup of the real number on 800notes.com, this number originates a number of scams, usually saying there is something wrong with your computer and offering to fix it.
I am disabled and I have no idea what they could possibly want with me... I would love for this call to stop! Thank you. And when I phone back I got a recording, stating that I was going to have legal actions taken out on me for what? Please find out what is going on!