Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
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Got a call today too. Same name, number, "department", message and accent.
Caller: Nelson Carter
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Told me to call him back and to have an attorney available . Got it on my answer machine. Had an Indian accent. Sounded like a total scam.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Nelson Carter
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 818-668-5371
Threatened wife with legal action. Left message. Same profile as all the other postings.
Caller type: Other
Caller: John Davenport
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 760-790-4132
Today I received a message on my answering machine from this same Mark Johnson from the Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury saying the exact same thing. I was pretty sure from the get go that it was some sort of scam. I highly doubt that someone with an Indian accent would call and leave a message like this from the US Treasury. I'm sure they'd send a letter.
Caller: MARK JOHNSON
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
I came to this site to see if this number had been reported previously as a scam. Seems very unlikely that I would get a call from this department telling me I should call back or have my lawyer call before matters get worse.
Also coincedental that the gentleman was of Indian decent.
Im sure if its legit, I would receive a certified letter of some sort and not a threatening call.
Caller type: Other
Caller: MARK JOHNSON
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 213-928-2637
The India scam ring keep calling with the same speech to my number. I dialed back the number and cursed them out. An India male called and then hung up on me when he I said I was friends with Dr. Phil.
Caller: christine brown
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
She stated that there was a legal matter concerning taxes and to have my lawyer contact her at 415-735-7561
Caller type: Other
Caller: christine brown
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 415-735-7565
Threatened that legal action was being taken against me for an undisclosed reason on VM. Heavy accented individual obviously reading from a script. Took down information, googled and received these similar scam notices. Looks as though they are targeting those with outstanding loans and requesting funds to resolve specific matters. I called back to hear what was obviously a call center someone answered "department of legal affairs". I let them know this scam had been exposed and informed they needed to stop calling. I will post info here as well as with the FTC. Please do NOT give anyone access to your information or any payment over the telephone. Written communication will ALWAYS come when claims are legitimate.
Caller: Albert Johnsob
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 619-825-0790
Caller asked for my husband, said he was calling from the Dept of Legal Affairs of the US Treasury, needed to speak with my husband about a pending law suit and to take his name and number down. I asked what this was in reference to and he said that he could not speak with third parties, but with the person asked for. Then he said to have a "blessed day." Big mistake. Big Scam. I called the Dept of the Treasury via the IRS and spoke with an agent. She explained that the Dept of the Treasury and the IRS DO NOT CALL ANYONE. They contact in writing and writing only. I was given a telephone number to call and complain about this call and I will be calling first thing tomorrow morning. Put this guy out of the scam business
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Jack Gelbert or Gelberg
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 909-666-5713
They Called and told me that a law suit was filed against me for unpaid Fed Taxes.
They asked me how much money I have in the bank.
They claimed that there was to be a warrant issued for my arrest for non payment of taxes.
When I told them that I have no money they hung up on me.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Scarlet Valentine
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 909-271-9468
Yes, this is a scammer. They also call from 312-757-4161. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/20/dont-fall-victim-to-irs-tax-scam-call/
Said they were from "The Legal Department of the US Treasury". They asked for me by name, so I listened for a moment longer than normal. They wanted my attorney information, and said they were going to have me arrested. I knew it was a scam, but called the non-emergency line at the police department since I had the scammer's number. Wanted to share their response: There is not much that can be done legally, because the fraudsters mask their phone numbers. What is most helpful to share this information with friends and family: They are after you to give personal information, and/or to buy a cash card to give them in exchange for whatever excuse they can devise. They can buy your name from any number of companies, or steal it from various sources, so please don't think that makes it legit. Some popular scams include: Pretending to be the IRS and asking you to pay your balance; Windows/Apple virus on your computer they are trying to fix and need a password. A long list of common frauds can be found on the right side of the FBI web page: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud
Caller: Mike Torris
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Caller had ethnic dialect...probably India. Was trying to reach my adult son who formerly lived with us. Said he needed to speak with him about a big problem and asked me to have him call back ASAP before legal action proceeds.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: brian maxwell
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 909-562-1768
Call back right away to avoid a legal mess - Enforcement Action Started against me - really? I'm pretty sure I'd get something in the mail before "Mike" would "offer to help me out of my legal mess"
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Mike Torris
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 909-666-5681
IRS Telephone Scam, someone claiming to be from the Dep't of Legal Affairs of the US Treasury called and stated that we owed a lot of money and legal action was being taken against us. When we tried to get more information from them about who they were and what the complaint was, they quickly got off the phone. When I called back it was the same person but he said I had the wrong number.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Repeats-Warning-about-Phone-Scams
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Mike Smith
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 909-666-8128
Said he had sent me notices in the mail and he needed my attorneys information. He said If I did not get back with him or Mr. Ryan Coleman in a half hour they were going to press charges against me and I would be in a load of trouble. He said I needed to call him back at 818-745-3051.
He knew my name and address which made me nervous how scammers like this could get information so easy. I did call and report him to the US Treasury.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Mark Anderson
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 818-745-3051
"Mark Anderson" with a very heavy Indian accent informed me I had to call 818.745.3051 in regards to "law enforcement actions which have been started on your behalf".
Someone had called several weeks ago, saying something similar, but I didn't take notes.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Mark Anderson
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 818-745-3051
Called claiming I had tax matters and u must or my atty must call them back to avoid jail or further legal actions
Caller type: Other
Caller: Mark Anderson
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 818-745-3051
My husband received a message for me from Sara Johnson from the Dept. of Treasury. When I called the number the recording said this Magic jack number has not been assigned. Pretty sure it was a scam.
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
My parents got a call for this number asking for their son (me) to call back. She was hard to understand but I believe this is a scam as well.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Sara Johnson
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 503-785-3506
She called for my son, urging him to call soon and have a lawyer ready. She had a strong accent, hard to understand, but you could tell she was reading a script because her expression was wrong, and would pause in the wrong places. You could hear a lot of noise in the background, like a call center receiving lots of calls.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Sara Johnson
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 503-785-3506
Persistent callers from 213-261-0712 and a few other numbers as well claim to be from the Dept. of Legal Affairs, U.S. Treasury, calling about owed taxes, judgements or other similar lines of B.S. CAUTION, they may have some publicly available info about you... BUT, BEWARE, these are all a bunch of SCAMMERS and FRAUDSTERS!!! HANGUP and BLOCK their numbers if you can.
Caller type: Scammer
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 213-261-0712
June 13, 2015
A woman with Indian or Pakisani accent (but gives an all American name like Susy Smith)calls me saying she is from the agency listed about. She told me I was in legal trouble and she was calling to confirm if I had received any paperwork about the legal action being set against me. Then tells me if I would like more information that I had to call the attorney handling the case. When I call him (again Indian/Paki accented man with all American name like Richard Harris) he starts asking questions. You can tell it is a scam by the way they are talking. So wrong!
Caller type: Politician
Caller: Indian accent woman and man
Company: Dept of Legal Affairs US Treasury
Number: 323-570-4743
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