I too got a call from a person, but when I called them back and told them it was illegal to impersonate a govt. official, they cussed me out and called me a number of names. I'm turning them in. They answered by saying they were the U.S. Govt. treasury office.
They said they were the department of treasury. And hire a lawyer, and they were sending the police to arrest me.
I am a law bidding person. No reason for a call like this.
Same thing just happened to me. They called me stating they wanted the name of my criminal lawyer and that agents would be coming to arrest me today for tax violations. Inspector Jason Brown was the person I spoke with. Stated it was regarding my 2009 taxes. Any idea if this is an April Fools joke or scam?
SCAM - YES!!!!! If you did owe money, that would be a civil case - NO arrest, etc. The IRS mails letters if there is a problem. The website - www.irs.gov has a link to the scam.
Received call (voicemail) from someone identifying himself as 'Allen' from the Dept. of Legal Affairs of the U.S. Treasury, helpfully giving me 'formal notification of a legal enforcement action' being started against my name. Had a very heavy foreign accent, Indian most likely, making him difficult to understand, but I believe he advised me to have my attorney call him back to he could help me with this 'legal mess.' Looked up the number he called from and determined it was from an exchange, so cannot trace. Almost sorry I didn't pick up the phone to talk to him while he was leaving his message -- might've been fun.