The are laws. But Indian and Pakistani scammer/extortionists ignore them. Invest in a call blocker and do NOT pick up on call numbers you do not recognize.
A message was left on our voice mail by Dennis Gray, 706-250-8338 with the same Indian accented scam threat as referenced above by others, re: IRS/Treasury Dept. Apparently, it's a scam that is being recycled as we received similar calls last year that we also ignored. The most important tell-all clue is that the bozos never ask for you by name, and of course IRS/Treasury Dept. never contacts you by phone requesting tax payments. Thank goodness for Caller-ID, but it's still so annoying! There ought to be a law!
Have received this and similar calls from probably the same scum, all claiming to be from the Treasury department. 1) The IRS NEVER calls you first, they send a certified letter and do not threaten anyone, and 2) they definitely don not try to get you to settle over the phone, either by credit card, or those infamous green dot cards. Wish I could give them a real visit, I guarantee they wouldn't be in shape to try this crap again. My advise is to ignore them, do not under any circumstances call them back!