Pretty much the same thing as above. The man with a thick accent said he was calling from the L.A Sheriffs department and I had couple complaints against me and I was going to be arrested. I said wow thats funny because I'm sitting right outside the sheriffs department and I would talk to them immediately. The man whose English was barely understandable, then said I would be arrested. I said I would talk to them right now and hung up on me... Funny character. I was born at night 9:52pm to be exact. But not last night!
I received a call on my Google Voice number today (which rings thru to my cell phone, where I picked up), and someone who claims to be an agent at the IRS, and stated that I have three outstanding 'complaints' against me (huh?) and an arrest warrant has been issued by the IRS for me. So, I played along to see how this interesting story was going to unfold... and he asked if I would like to resolve this today, so I do not go to jail (in the next 45 minutes, since the police would be at my home then). When I indicated, yes, I did want to resolve this, he passed me over someone named Agent Jack (and I missed the last name), who reiterated all of this. He said that I had willfully not paid some taxes in 2012, and owed some amount over $3,000 (could not remember the exact number), but if I agreed to take care of this right now, I would not be arrested. So, I blew it here, and laughed. So, after he admonished me and told me that this is a very serious matter (yes, it is, to the scammers revenue targets for the day), I basically harassed him by asking what country he is in, and that his accent was rather difficult to understand, and that their story was rather funny. He yelled that I will be arrested and hung up.
I checked, and the number which was displayed is actually a legit phone number to the Los Angeles Sheriff's office, although the Caller ID only had the telephone number and not a name. Am a bit amazed that most people fall for this scam, since the thick accents, lack of information, and having less than an hour before being arrested to handle a financial matter sounds like more of a loan shark rather than the IRS.
Some guy with an accent called twice. 1st time didn't leave a voicemail. 5 minutes later called back and left a voicemal. Busy noise in the background and said I'm being investigated for crimes, blah blah blah.
Yup, exact same call today - I didn't answer and let it go to voicemail) that there had been a claim filed against me by a LA Co. Sheriff officer and that I better call back a 202 phone number or an investigative agent was going to show up at my doorstep and arrest me. Guess I better call back. (Yeah right.) It was rather comical cause the guy who called could barely speak English, let alone was such a poor reader that he couldn't even read his "script" properly. Stutter much?! Anyway, shame if anyone falls for this, but I'm sure there are suckers out there. You can be sure I will make sure my elderly folks don't fall for something like this...ever! I am annoyed that they got my cellphone # in the first place. But seems more spam calls are coming through on my cellphone these days. Sigh.