After waiting eagerly for years, I finally got my first call of this kind on a line I can 'play with,' and now they're not answering my call back - didn't ring or anything last night around 9PM. Scambaiter's ripoff!
Scammers with thick South Asian accents trying to pass themselves off as US Treasury agents. Please...they aren't in the slightest bit believable. They couldn't even pronounce the state they said they were calling from.
For any newbies reading this who think because they are on the Do Not Call list they should be protected from these types of calls, please remember only legitimate companies honor the Do Not Call list. They guys are lowlifes who could care less about what lists you happen to be on.
Just by answering you're helping them build up a list of live phone numbers they can sell to other scammers.
If you don't know the number that's calling you - don't answer; don't try and argue with them; don't think any government agency is the least bit interested in doing anything about this - it's about number 2 million on their priority list.
I got a call from this number as well. It was pre-recorded, and though "Mr. James Caxton" sounded like he came from somewhere in the States, he also sounded like he was in a room with a heavy echo and far away. I couldn't make out some of what he was saying ... something about the U.S. Treasury, and how not responding would be some sort of offense.The call repeated itself three times before a female voice said, "Good-bye" at the end.
I did think it a good idea to check around here and elsewhere first. When I've received calls from government agencies, the name on the Caller ID has never come up as "Unavailable". If it was indeed Mr. Caxton, his name would be on there, or in some cases, the name of the agency. Also, I generally receive a written notice with an address and phone number that I can clearly trace. Is Mr. Caxton working for some sort of super-secret agency that no one knows about?
same as above, James Caston, enforcement action executed by the US treasury. Intentionally ignoring call could put you in front of a magistrate or judge.