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bogus legal matter regarding, "dept of legal affairs". Did a little snooping and is some kind of fraud trying to get info. I have recording of this which I will kindly share with any legal agency that is filing a case about this crew of crooks. Heavy foreign accent. I hope this will help someone.

I had a similar call from this number as well. I have reported the number to the FTC. I would LOVE to know an address for this number!!

I had the same heavy accented person calk me. He said he was calling to tell me I was going to be arrested for not paying my taxes.  I told him he had the wrong person and he hung up. That's when I searched this number and found this info.

I received a phone call from this number stating I was being sued of non payment of taxes and wanted my criminal lawyers name and number. I told the Indian speaking man named Steve Sabastain that he had the wrong person. He stated he would get back to me. Glad I googled the phone number.

I just received a phone call from a middle easterner with a very heavy accent. Stating he was from the legal affairs department and I needed to have my attorney present with me right now. I told him I didn't know what he was talking about. He said I was in big trouble and would be arrested soon . I knew that I didn't owe any taxes and he would not say what it was for. I went to put him on speaker phone and he started saying No No Sir why are you putting me on speaker? I said I could hear better like that. I wanted my wife  to hear him actually. He kept saying no speaker, take me off speaker. You are in a big mess and will be arrested soon. When I asked for his name he refused to give me one. That is a red flag there . Even an IRS agent would give you a name and agent id number. These crooks need to be stopped and reported. I'm going to report that number now to the FTC. I hope everyone else does this too.

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers about a sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

“This scam has hit taxpayers in nearly every state in the country.  We want to educate taxpayers so they can help protect themselves.  Rest assured, we do not and will not ask for credit card numbers over the phone, nor request a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer,” says IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel. “If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don’t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn’t the IRS calling.” Werfel noted that the first IRS contact with taxpayers on a tax issue is likely to occur via mail
Other characteristics of this scam include:
Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.
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.
Taxpayers should be aware that there are other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be vigilant against phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.  This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for PINs, passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts. Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to phishing@irs.gov.

More information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam

Just received the same call, did not answer the phone and they left a message stating the same the same thing that I was in legal trouble and needed my lawyer present and that I needed to call them back immediately and his name was Max and he had a heavy foreign accent.

Had a verbal exchange with this individual, Max Dias. If anyone finds out his address, please share here.

I received the same type of call today. His name was a Andy Gibson. I then talked to a Steve Sabashtain. He told me I owed $5134 in back taxes for 2009-2010.  He said i was going to be arrested today and also my husband  i told him there was no way this was true snd asked why I was never notified  he said we were and that we could not stop the arrest. When i mentioned by accountant he said they were under investigation too. I hung up on him.