Received the same call saying it was the Treasury Department and to call back at this number. The caller had an accent (something like maybe Asian with a British inflection). When I called back, he answered the phone "Treasury Department", and told me my tax preparer made a mistake on my 2012 taxes and I now owed $5,490 in taxes and penalties. He gave me his ID # and my IRS case #, and told me if I didn't pay today, the IRS would seize all my accounts. I was suspicous already, but when he told me the IRS only accepts payments by Moneygram or Western Union, I did a reverse search on his phone number. When I saw many items pop up about scam calls just like this one, I hung up
Called today, left a message (repeated three times) saying there is a court action against me and he is there to help. Obviously a scam, and a very low level one.
This caller is another scammer stating he is from the Treasury Department. The same scam is also being done from phone numbers 206-905-9579; 760-407-9127; 904-222-6279
Received the same call saying it was the Treasury Department and to call back at this number. The caller had an accent (something like maybe Asian with a British inflection). When I called back, he answered the phone "Treasury Department", and told me my tax preparer made a mistake on my 2012 taxes and I now owed $5,490 in taxes and penalties. He gave me his ID # and my IRS case #, and told me if I didn't pay today, the IRS would seize all my accounts. I was suspicous already, but when he told me the IRS only accepts payments by Moneygram or Western Union, I did a reverse search on his phone number. When I saw many items pop up about scam calls just like this one, I hung up
Got this call today, guy says his name is Steve Martin. (gotta love it). Leaves a recording that to avoid a Grand Jury or appearance before a magistrate I have to return the call right away. Ignoring the call is an immediate 2nd offense. Last Friday I received 5 calls from 904-425-8244 with the same recording. Called every 20 minutes. It finally stopped and now its starting again today from a different number.
I got the recorded call from 1-816-297-0067. The person identified himself as Steve Martin, saying he was from the Treasury Department, with the same warning about needing to avoid appearing before a Federal Grand Jury or magistrate, by calling him back immediately. Also with the warning that failure to return his call would be a second offense. I believe the accent was from India. I just ignored it, for 2 reasons: #!...I have NEVER done anything to warrant a grand jury ANYthing, and #2.....I assumed that if I had somehow committed some offense, I would be contacted by some means other than a recorded message. I was tempted to call back just to see what kind of scam was being perpetrated, but was worried that maybe the callback number was one of those where I would be charged ridiculous sums of money just for making the call.