Continued this morning. They called me several times at 5:45am, didn't answer. Couple hours later they called me and the caller ID said 911! I was on the phone with the local authorities when they called, I answered and it was Steve Sebastian saying something about a detective blah blah blah..the lady on the phone said HANG UP! 911 just doesn't call you. I told them I knew it was a scam and you have been reported to the FBI! They haven't called me since.. these guys must be caught!
Report them to www.ic3.gov
Same thing - I keep getting these calls (which we usually don't answer) but, now they're leaving voice messages. These contain threats of a "big legal mess" and that an "enforcement action" has been taken against my name. They need to be found and shut down!!
Like all the others, this call came in on 213-289-3848 -- the caller id said mailbox of "Chris Evans' - same deal -- very thick accent, could hardly understand him, saying he was from the Dept of Justice and the call involved a 'serious issue that was being taken against me' and either I could call him back or have my attorney call him back. This was left on voice mail - I don't usually answer the phone for numbers I don't recognize. Figured it was a scam, so looked it up on line today and found all these posts.
Thank you to everyone who posted their experiences. I, too, received a call (voice mail) today from David Baker regarding my case with Steven Sebastian. They were from the Department of Legal Affairs for the US Treasury Dept. 213-289-3848. I googled the number and this site came up. David Baxter informed me (on my answering machine) that there is legal action against me and I must call immediately to resolve. they said it was very serious. I called and they were all middle eastern speaking. I talked to, who I thought was Steve Sebastian, who asked me for my lawyer's name and number. I asked what this was regarding, he would not tell me. I asked what the case number was and he would not tell me. I asked what would I need a lawyer, he said you do and that is all I can say. He stated that a number of letters have been sent to my home. I told him this was completely incorrect, no letters have come to my home. i asked him to verify the home address and he "hung up" on me. I tried to call back and the number either rang and rang or was not in service and rejected my calls. They did not ask me for any money, just for a lawyer's name and number. I, finally, I called back and got another "associate" who said Steve Sebastian was in a meeting and to call him back in 15-20 minutes. Umm no! Thank you for your posts.. this type of call and scam is still going on. Beware.
While my husband was on the phone this morning, "Chris Evans" left one of those calm but threatening messages. It smelled like a scam, thanks to everyone here for verifying.