Us Treasurydept of legal affairs
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Just got the same call today...funny thing is the first time I told them to piss off and that I know this is a scam and not to call me. They then called me again 30 minutes later from the same number 904-418-9689 and asked for Kenneth...which is not my name. So I played along and he told me that I had to call the person handling the case right away as it was very important and to write down a name and number. Guess who...Robert Mathews at the same number that just called 904-418-9689. So I called back and it rang and went to voice mail...guess what it was the same guy...except it was supposedly "Robert Mathews" LOL not even a good scam...this idiot needs to go to jail. I will be reporting to the IRS, Local Police, FCC, and the FTC. Everyone else please do the same.
Caller: Robert Mathews
Company: Us Treasurydept of legal affairs
Robert Matthews/Chris Evans called me 06MAY14 around 11am. He called my phone twice, but I did not answer the call. I then received an email notification from my job, yes this scammer called my job!, that this Chris Evans called from the US Treasury of legal affairs & stated that there is a legal enforcement action against me. I finally called this idiot who had an Indian accent & he stated that in 2009 I filed fraudulent taxes & I owe money & that they have been sending me notification letters since 2009. This creep knew my address and last 4 digits of my social and apparently my job #. He kept saying that detectives and the police were coming to my house to arrest me and hold me in jail for 60 days without bond and that I need to get my taxes together & a lawyer. The piece of crap idiot then said my accounts and passport would be frozen & all my assets and if I hang up I will be arrested immediately. Logically I knew this was wrong because I have received a refund every year in taxes & if I owed any money since 2009 it could have been garnished many years ago. But this was in the morning and I was still not completely awake & the fact that this dummy knew some of my personal information kind of threw me off. I put him on speaker phone so my mother could hear him & when I asked this jerk how much I owe he wouldn't tell me initially, only after 15-20 minutes into the call did he finally say $1500 & to resolve it he would need to transfer me to another person(which was him(the same guy)) to try to convince the "other guy" to help me resolve the issue with payment. I was talking to my mother at the same time he was telling me this & he got even more extreme with his rudeness with me & yelled at me asking me who am I talking to & I told him, my mother, & he then said I could not tell her because it was illegal under some penal code he started to read, which I now know of course was bogus. My mother then told me to hang up as she said it was not a valid call. I filed the complaint with the IRS and they did in fact confirm it was a scam as they would never attempt that type of interaction. I also reported them to my local police department & also made my job aware of this scam. They did not get any money from me and because of this incident ruining my whole morning, I decided to call them back & give them a piece of my mind, of course they hang up on me now.
Caller: Robert Mathews
Company: Us Treasurydept of legal affairs
Received this call yesterday claiming I owe back taxes and immediately after disconnecting call the detectives and the police will be at my door to arrest me for 6 months on a non bond able warrant. What I need to do is get the money somehow without saying it's for tax purpose because if I do that I will be immediately arrested are they are close by and watching me. Then I'm to go to the rite aid and buy a green dot money pak and give them the codes off the back. When I argued with Robert Matthews he supposedly put the detective on a three way call who told me I will be arrested for 9 years if I terminate the call. Told him fine send them take me to jail.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Robert Mathews
Company: Us Treasurydept of legal affairs
Number: 213-603-9092
Found this on the IRS site that will help with tracking these people down and the actions needed:
If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do:
•If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue, if there really is such an issue.
•If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
•If you’ve been targeted by this scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments of your complaint.
Caller: Robert Mathews
Company: Us Treasurydept of legal affairs
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