Call came from 336-441-5979 at 12:20 MT. Busy so did not answer. Caller left no message. Pressed the call back feature on the phone and the person answered as "Treasury". Asked "Who are you?" replied "The Treasury Department". Asked, Which section of the Treasury Department are you with? -- No reply. Asked, "Who are you trying to reach?" -- Again No Reply. Informed person that he had called a U.S. Government office located in a Federal Building and I would transfer his call to the Treasury Department in the building. Caller said "I will have my lawyer here in fourty five minutes." Then he hung up. The 336 area code is from the Piedmont area of North Carolina, so it is highly unlikely that the Treasury would initiate a call to the central part of the US because that is a different region. Also the male had an accent that sounded as if from India. In any case, it is not likely that anyone from any government agency would call across regions and all Agents fo the U. S. Government are required to give name, department, devision and name of their supervisor if requested. Since the telephone number is valid, a report of contact was forwarded to the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Treasury.
I called this "David Gray" (who by the way, spoke with a decidedly foreign accent) jerk and told him to stop bothering my neighbor with his calls. He said, "Why are you calling for your neighbor? I said, "Because she's very old and now you've greatly upset her and I'm getting ready to report this number to the local police, charging you with harassment." He said, "No, I won't call your neighbor any more." Since I didn't give my name nor did I call from my home phone, (I called from my company phone so that it showed the name of an international corporation), he had no idea who I was; maybe he'll stop bothering people all together. Next time I'll tell him I'm reporting his number to the North Carolina division of the FBI..
"David Gray" called me 5 times in 2 hours. Here's what I did: I returned his call (he answered with a decidedly foreign accent) I told him to stop bothering my neighbor with his calls. He said, "Why are you calling for your neighbor?" I said, "Because she's very old and now you've greatly upset her and I'm getting ready to report this number to the local police, charging you with harassment." He said, "No, I won't call your neighbor any more." Since I didn't give my name nor did I call from my home phone, (I called from my company phone so that it showed the name of an international corporation), he had no idea who I was; maybe he'll stop bothering people all together. Next time I'll tell him I'm reporting his number to the North Carolina division of the FBI..
Got this from David Gray. Called the number back and told him the call had been recorded and forwarded to the State Attorney Generals office as a Scam. He hung up before I finished my sentence.