The call came in as "out of area" with the phone number shown as 1-559-836-5846; I did not answer. The man, who spoke with a heavy accent, possibly Hispanic, identified himself as "Steve Martin" but gave no business name, and did not mention the name of the person this call was intended for. He said he was calling about an "enforcement action executed by the U. S. Treasury to seize a pension." Then he said ignoring this will be "an intentional second offense" which would require "appearing before a magistrate, judge, or grand jury for a federal criminal offense." He finished by asking that we "cooperate" and help them, and repeated the phone number.
The call came in as "out of area" with the phone number shown as 1-559-836-5846; I did not answer. The man, who spoke with a heavy accent, possibly Hispanic, identified himself as "Steve Martin" but gave no business name, and did not mention the name of the person this call was intended for. He said he was calling about an "enforcement action executed by the U. S. Treasury to seize a pension." Then he said ignoring this will be "an intentional second offense" which would require "appearing before a magistrate, judge, or grand jury for a federal criminal offense." He finished by asking that we "cooperate" and help them, and repeated the phone number.
Apparently this scam has been going on for a while; I found some forum posts online by googling "Steve Martin telemarketing scam."
From http://www.atg.wa.gov/BlogPost.aspx?id=19822#.VNkzZDJ175o
Sept. 9 I received 5 calls throughout the day that all went to Voice Mail. Each voice mail was exactly the same, recorded by someone with a heavy accent and poor grammar. Receiving my voice mails by email, this is the exact message:
"Hi this message is intended to contact you. My name is Steve Martin and I'm calling regarding an enforcement actions executed by US Treasury intending(?) your serious attention. Ignoring this will be an additional check in at the White initial appearance before magistrate judge or a graduate for a federal criminal offense. My number is 818-338-2962. I repeat 818-338-2962. I'd like you to cooperate with others and helpers to help you. Thank you." I immediately recognized it for a scam but am concerned for those who may not. The repeated calls were a nuisance factor.
Posted by: Julia at 9/11/2014 11:09 PM
Funny....Steve Martin has called me from Beverly Hills Ca twice today leaving very threatening messages. Same US Treasury threats. I evidently will be required to appear in front of a magistrate Judge and then the Grand Jury. Phone number he is using now is 424-245-8236
Posted by: Carolyn at 2/3/2015 4:42 PM
5:00 am I received the exact same call. Called twice yesterday. Last week got call recorded call on voice mail from a woman leaving number 02-241-5671 Internal revenue service.
Did not answer call even though I am tempted to tell caller where to "head in"!! We receive quite a few of these kind of calls and caller always ids him/her self as rep of IRS. Threaten legal action, arrest, collection, magistrate, etc., etc. They always end call with "and have a good day" or something to that effect. Messages are amusing!!