904-222-6279

threatened with Federal Prosecution if I don't call back immediately   I'll worry about the Feds when they show up at my door.

same thing. call back or there will be federal prosecution. ignore.

Lucky me!!  I received two messages in one day.  Steve Martin was the name used.  Someone needs a real job!

The recording was very garbled. The name used was Steve Martin, said I needed to contact him at the number for a federal criminal investigation. The recording repeated itself three times in my voicemail.

BS scam artist. Blocked!

Same thing. Call back or there will be federal prosecution.  When are they going to learn.  I wish the telephone companies would stop issuing phone numbers to these jerks.

Received 4 calls today from this Steve Martin w/ US treasury department phone number  1 (904) 222-6279 FL, USA. The outgoing garbled message was to immediately call back to avoid federal prosecution from magistrate or federal grand jury.

Have called over 4 times in the last two days. Its a recording with an East Indian accent stating that they are calling from the Treasury Department. That if we don't respond, we will be facing Federal Prosecution.

Seems to be the same M.O. - left a message threatening prosecution. Said he was from the US Treasury (Jacksonville, FL) - Steve Martin. Reverse lookup states landline and name hidden for privacy of owner. My work has monthly Compliance Meetings, this is exactly one of the scams they warned us of. The Federal Government does not call you on the phone. They send official letters for purpose of documentation and tracking. Just like mentioned previously, the message looped three times. Definitely a scam to talk you out of your money!

Threatened to send local authorities to my house and arrest me.  Transferred me to another person who spoke better English.

Steve Martin just called me too! Claiming a warrant had been put out for me. I asked for whom and he hung up. Seriously; [***] need to get a life

I received 2 calls with the same message. How can we stop these?

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report.shtml
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8c2f64bf2b91fa5/irs-warns-of-telephone-scam

Report the Calls to the real IRS here:
•report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484.
•You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov. Add "IRS Telephone Scam" to the comments in your complaint.

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Do consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so.If its a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.

For tracfone & straight talk:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacystar.android.tracfone&hl=en

http://extras.straighttalk.com/en
http://www.youmail.com/home/carriers/straight-talk/block-number
https://www.straighttalkwirelessforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6803&t=55006

Threatening prosecution from Dept. of Treasury. Person ids himself as Steve Martin. Not sure what he really wants.

Got a call too, second time in the last few months, they told me an agent will be at my door to take me to prison for at least 6 months! Told them I will wait for the agent, whoever is running this scam is pretty dumb, don't know their facts!!

Same call this morning... said I would be arrested for taxes from 2012.  Scared me half to death... I dont understand these calls. Had an Indian accent. Said his name was Jason Swan and that I will be arrested in 45 minutes and could serve 6 months in jail if I didnt call back.  Called him back and he harassed me.

Called threatening federal prosecution.

Said he was from US Treasury, and ask did I know what he called me for.  I asked him his name and he said "why should I tell you" and preceded to explain I hadn't paid my taxes and would be arrested in 45 min.  I told him I was forwarding this call as we spoke.  He hung up.

Received 3 phone  calls today, also threatening arrest from Steve Martin by the US Treasury. Called the # back and were hung upon, called a second time, back ground noise sounded like a clearing house with other people talking in the back. Just received a 4th call while I was writing this. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REPORT THIS TO THE IRS/TREASURY!!

These are criminal extortionists operating in overseas boiler rooms using VOIP to alter their identities and locations and out of the reach of US law enforcement.

If someone calls saying he's an IRS agent and demands that you send money immediately, hang up.
It's a phone scam.In fact, it tops the IRS "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams this year, and it's been surging in recent months, the agency said Thursday.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, has received reports of 290,000 scam calls since October 2013 and said nearly 3,000 victims have been swindled out of $14 million so far.

By altering their caller ID number to make it look like they're calling from an IRS office, these scammers often threaten vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants with things like arrest, deportation or the loss of their driver's license if they don't pay immediately for money purportedly owed.

Often leaving messages that say it's "urgent" you call them back, the scammers use common names and sometimes say they are from the IRS Criminal Division. They may even claim to know the last four digits of your Social Security number and send follow-up emails that appear to be from the IRS, TIGTA said.

They often demand that payments be made by prepaid debit card.

Once they make their threats, the scammers have been known to call back and again disguise their caller ID so it appears they are calling from the police department or the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Or sometimes when they call, they may say you have a refund due and ask you to provide personal information so you can claim it.

The real IRS will usually contact you by regular mail first, if it needs to contact you at all. And the agency never demands immediate payment by phone or asks for credit card or debit numbers if they do call. It also never asks for personal or financial information by email, text or social media.

If you get what you suspect is a scam call, report it to TIGTA through its Web site or call 800-366-4484.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/pf/taxes/irs-tax-scams/

Same exact message in my mother's voicemail...we will wait for the feds.