Received call from US Treasury or so he said, told him I had surgery and was on pain meds and could not talk, said he would call back.
Now I know it is a scam as I have verified on web.
Same deal as everyone else but this guy swore and said "just wait to see what happens to you" when we questioned why he was calling. We called back and got the same guy with a thick accent. Had fun with him, Scum! Number was 415-506-2414.
I received a call from the number 415-506-2414 from someone saying his name is Chris Walker claiming to be from the department of treasury saying I owe money and that I needed to give him information or I would be locked up. I refused to give any information and after hanging up on him contacted my local tax office and she confirmed it to be a scam as the IRS will not contact you by phone so I looked into this more and found out where to go to report this and I wanted to share the information with all of you.
It can be reported to the Treasury inspector general for tax administration at www.tigta.gov
and also to the federal trade commission at FTC.gov
A chain of events made this believable and I was almost swindled a few thousand.
1. My father got the call. He woke me to take this important call. This established trust compared to if I had gotten the call myself.
2. The area code is local to me. More trust.
3. I did need to supply additional info to IRS back in 2009, matching the amount and year the scammer said that I owe
4. Threat of immediate arrest if call disconnects, and later "emergency number" calling in seems to confirm law enforcement was onto me.
5. Their claim to remove arrest warrant was appealing for someone who never ran into trouble with the law. (And of course don't know what or what doesn't get you arrested)
6. Their claim that I can't disclose this to anyone else matched my desire of confidentiality.
7. They don't ask you for credit card, the usual scamming method, but this 'Reloadit' card.
8. I bought the card and charged the money in. They want me to scratch the card for a verification number. At that point I became suspicious if that indicates a payment.
Just got done speaking to a person who claimed to be calling from the Us Treasury Department of Legal Affairs saying that they mailed a letter to me (which I did not receive) with information to "prove" a charge against me has been filed and that Law enforcement will be coming to my door to take me to jail if I "ignore" the message. Of course, I didn't get the letter so I asked the representative to tell me the details of their claim. He could not provide me with this information and when I pressed him, he just said to call this number (which is the same number he called me from) to find out more information. I continued to press him claiming that he should know the details of their allegations as I have nothing outstanding with the IRS that hasn't been paid. He kept telling me to call the number and "speak to an officer" or if I ignore his request, he said I will get arrested. I kept telling him to provide me with the details of their charge against me and finally he hung up on me. CRAZY!