We received the same this this morning...a call saying that there has been and arrest warrant issued for my husband...again a caller with a heavy accent, saying he was the supervisor when I asked. He said his name was Ronald Arthur from the crime investigation division of the IRS and they had sent a letter in December and one in February about taxes we owe. We have our taxes done professionally every year. He said we owe $2965 from 2012 and that if we want to avoid lawyer and court fees, the government would like that too and so he can send a local law enforcement officer and two other people (I forget who he said...) and they would come to my house and we need to be ready to give them the money. I called our CPA and he said it's scam but now there's a twist that someone will come to the house. Very scary!!!
I have been receiving this call and they have left voicemail messages telling me there's a warrant for my arrest, etc. etc. Yesterday I got the call again and told the guy there is no warrant for my arrest and that I know this is a scam. He then hung up on me.
These idiots left a voicemail message on my phone yesterday, May 2nd, 2014. The heavy Asian accent was difficult to understand the first time I heard it. He also said he was with "Criminal Investigation", badge #15938, and they had discovered "fraud & misconduct". He said to call this number back and "look for Jason Blake". I almost had to laugh & I hope they do call back so I can string them along for as long as I possibly can and laugh at their dumb [***]. Its a shame they've already bilked those poor unsuspecting victims they've already preyed upon out of over $1million.
See: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-347-832-4519/2#p710251082229542377
for what this means and what you can do about it.
In particular:
In addition to the regular reporting channels, e.g., the Department of the Treasury, the FTC, and your local state attorney general's office, you might also report the abuse to YMAX Corp. I have seen reports that they are pretty good at responding to complaints and may be able to permanently shut off a magicJack device, if necessary, so that it can never be used again.
The YMAX Corp. main web page is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com
and their site giving information on how to lodge a complaint is at:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com/contact.html
Note that the "contact" website gives a clickable link to a "live chat" where you can make your complaint.
I have been getting calls from this "guy" for the last several weeks at home. My father was concerned and gave him my cell phone number to which I've already received 3 missed calls from him. I knew it was a scam right away but glad I'm not the only one who have gotten these calls.