Who called from 2026210396

I have gotten 3 or 4 calls from this place and they make it sound very urgent that if I dont respond immediaately they will take legal actions :  they left a message:  Name Tony Jones (not Tom Jones)
from:  United States Treasury with legal affairs law enforcement if you do not contact me at this number you need to have your attorney contact me immediately.

Then when you try and call back once I was able to leave a message but no return call...then another time I kept trying to call the number and it shows busy....then another time it just rang and rang...then it rang...then a busy signal...Finally I called the number and a guy answer it:  Yellow then acted like he couldn't hear me, like we had a bad connection and when I asked for the name and said I was returning a call from Tony Jones, He left a message on my machine...pause...then dial tone...he either disconnected me or hung up on me...What Legit United States Treasury department would answer a phone Yellow...it sounded so ignorant...it was almost like I caught him off guard...when I called back immediately it rang and rang and rang tried again later and it rang and rang and then busy signal.  So I did some research on line and I'm not the only one that has received calls like this...and what they are doing is against the law:  Using the name:  United States Treasury and if they send any kind of letter using a emblem or United States Treasurer Seal on it...copied of course but a legit copy they are in violation of the law.  So I sent a Letter with all the information to the address listed on the website per their instructions, so they are notified about this scam.  Bureau of the Public Dept.  200 Third Street Room 305 Parkersburg, WV  26106

Received calls @ 6:44 AM Dec 9, 2014 (PST) and Dec 16th, 2014 @ 7:09 AM (PST).  Both calls sounded like the same person.  No name was given, but he claimed to be the US Treasury, Modifcation Dept.  And that either I or my Attorney needed to call back.  When my husband called the 2 numbers back, there wasn't an answer for 1-244-862-1712, so he called the 1-202-621-0396, after several tries a man answered, claiming to be the US Treasury. My husband said he was frauding the US government, they man said "I'm tired of dealing with you, you 'S.O.B.' and hung up.

Indian Asian gentlemen pretending to be the United states treasury and legal department - number that shows up  is a DC telephone number  202 621 0396.  One guy refers to himself as Jason Synder (with an Indian accent really!!!). Asking for SS information and fines to pay. Several calls received Dec 19, 2014

Just got a very similar call as described above.  They asked me to call back to talk to agent "Ashly Stephen" about my case.  They told me to call back the same number and it would automatically route me to Ashly Stephens.  I hope no one falls for this!

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