Below is the transcript voice mail I have on this phone number. It is a hoax and I didn't answer:
Thursday | January 29, 2015 | 10:36 AM PT | 43 seconds
“Hi my name is Steve Martin and this message is intended to contact you regarding an enforcement action executed by the United States Treasury intending your serious attention. Ignoring this will be an intentional second attempt to avoid initial appearance before a magistrate judge or a grand jury for a federal criminal offense. My number is 661-475-3280. I repeat it's 66147580. I advise you to cooperate with us and help us to help you. Thank you.”
Well these bozos really have their robo-dialer busy today spoofing yet another phone number. The message left on voicemail makes it sound like I have a federal criminal action pending which is a bunch of BS. Reports about these kinds of scammers have been all over the news. I never answer a call unless I recognize the caller or number and all of my family and friends are already programmed into the phone. I'll add this one to the blocked number list in my landline phone system. It holds up to 250 blocked numbers and the memory is FIFO (fist-in, first-out) meaning when I put in the 251st number, the first number I entered MANY months ago gets deleted. PERFECT! There's always room for more and the numbers the scammers have given up using will be the ones that get deleted. Thank you Panasonic and Costco for providing such a magnificent product..
I am recently widowed and over the past week or two, most recently today, I have been receiving threatening phone calls from this number. They do not use my name, or provide details on what I am accused of, other than it is something criminal and this is the last chance I will have to do anything about it before I am faced with federal criminal charges. The person who speaks (it has always been a male) sounds uneducated and rough but does not have an accent that I hear as foreign.
Sorry to hear about your loss. They probably got your name from the obituary and figure you might be an easy mark since you are in the process of grieving, making arrangements, etc. This is a common IRS scam going around, or it might be they are claiming bad checks, whatever. It is a ploy by criminals to scare you into paying them money. Do not fall for it, and do not pay them one red cent.
Here is the link to the IRS warning: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam
If this is debt collection scam, this applies:
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of the date of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
Most likely these are criminals in a foreign country, but they might also be in this country as we have no shortage of these cretins.
If you get any more information or need any more help, feel free to come back and ask. Anyone here will be glad to help you out.
I, too, am sorry for your loss. BigA gives some excellent advice. Since you know this is a scam, may I suggest buying a phone that can block numbers? There is no need to put up with these thieves - and that is all they are ---lowlifes to lazy to get a real job.
Even if you did owe money, that would be a civil case (not a criminal one - and certainly not a federal one). The caller will probably threaten you with jail (will not happen) or a similar threat & try to scare you into paying hem for a debt that does not exist.
There are many messages on 800notes similar to yours regarding "debt" As BigA said - no written, mailed document, NO debt!