The funny thing of this is that these people call me and expect me to buy this hook, line and sinker. lol.
I get this call 567-244-5257 from this number they say they are something about Department of legal affairs for U.S. Treasury and something about some dept blah, blah, blah.
One of the funny things is, he says I need to call back Mr. Steve Sebastion to fix this mess. Yeah I am sure Government agents talk like that.
The whole time he sounds almost like Apu from Simpsons and found it really hard to take him seriously.
The number he called me from was the same number they wanted me to call back to. So I look it up on the net and see all the Scam alerts. Well I can't resist calling. I call back with my phone set to record.
As soon as they answer I tell them that I was recording the call and any information I get will be forwarded to the FBI. Well they did not want to talk to me apparently and hung up.
They call later and get my voice mail and leave me a message that I have failed to call and this was my last notice.
I hope they call again tomorrow just so I can screw with them.
Same message, different number (267-287-3231), different name ("Edna Lee"). Everything else the same -- Department of Legal Affairs, U.S. Treasury. Strong foreign accent (Indian?), odd turns of phrase ("once again I have landed up in your voice answering system").
Got two of them as well. Scumbags. Friends, if the IRS comes after you, it will be in the form of registered mail, not sinister messages on your voicemail.
This exact scam with similar threats is being used in New Jersey today (don't know # I was called from), The caller, also with a strongly accented voice, called yesterday, left a voicemail, and called again this morning with the same message. I tried to engage him in conversation but he avoided any request for further information or comment, including a request to know how he knew he had the right person, since there are probably 500 people in NJ with my name (he had absolutely no sense of humor and I could'nt get him to step out of his overwrought and panicked persona and into a conversational mode). He said he was "Jason Richards", worked as a paralegal for the Department of Legal Affairs, US Treasury, and that I had to call an enforcement officer "Adam Jones" at 213-375-0946. He even called back and hour later to ask why I hadn't called Adam Jones! When pressed he said I could only call him back at the same number (?) but he couldn't connect me to Adam Jones himself. Ultimately he threatened to send 'an agent' to my house to arrest me if I didn't call that number! If he calls you, ask him why you haven't been served notice in writing, certified mail, and listen to him hem and haw, then threaten you with arrest!
New number 323-723-3254, name is Keith someting, spanish accent, caller id from Los Angeles; same message, very pushy, bad connection.
Will report this to the proper sources.