951-286-3804

This message was borderline hysterical. Something about being brought to court by the US Treasury on a federal criminal offense. No reference to my name or any other personal information. I had to play the message several times to understand the thick accent. Steve wanted me to call him back so he could help me. It was actually worth the laugh to have my privacy invaded. Too bad someone will probably fall for this scam.

"If you're not Part of the Solution, you're part of the problem"

Just got same unrecognizable message - yeah no idea what they are trying to say, played it twice.  DELETED...

got the same message an hour ago while I was out.  since, they called 2 more times!  15 minutes apart!  let's see if they keep calling.

This is REAL fraud...not telemarketing and not a prank...Please Google "IRS Telephone Fraud" or go to the IRS website...do not respond to these calls...Neither the US Treasury Department or the IRS resort to these tactics...You will not receive any telephone contact from them without a significant amount of previous written communication and they certainly will not threaten you or harass you into making payments over the phone...be safe...millions have been lost to this fraud already...take this one seriously folks...

Just got this call not once but twice! Really thick accent as mentioned in previous comments. Deleted both messages.

Scam!!!!!! I called it back and humored Steve Martin (must have seen the comidian and  his name), who gave me an operator nunber 17123. HE kept saying that we owed 5 grand to the IRS  and that a warrant was out for the arrest of my wife and I. he was bullying me into fear by threathening the police. he even asked, "are there any otherr questions before I send the police to your house"? He did my address, which pissed me off, but I guess those days are over? then he said, being "you called back I can talk the investigator and see if they are willing to accept my payment". thanks, i didnt know the IRS wanted to arrest before payment.....lol. during this time, i was looking up my name to see if there was a warrant for us, which of course there was none! I told him that the police were coming for him as I am in law enfroecment....he hung up. Ive been calling back for an hour and getting busy signals. I ran the number and it goes back to a dumb small town in California!! Be careful though, as I am sure they are raking it in from the elderly and niave! What a world.....

I LMFAO!!! I work for the IRS!!! I don't answer calls where I don't recognize the number. Thick Indian accent. Pure scm and scum.

Received the same call as the person below.  Extremely heavily accented person  telling me I was being brought to court and to call him so he could "help me" avoid criminal offenses.  Ridiculous.

FRAUD! Called my house two hours ago, left a message to the effect that he is Steve Martin, and this is the second attempt to contact concerning an award to the US Treasury....(some sort of scripted crap). Heavy Indian like accent.  My wife unfortunately called back.  Knew my wife's name and our address. Said he was from the Treasury Department, asked who signed our 2010 tax return.  Wife replied that we had not received any notice about any tax problem. Then the guy said that an investigator was on the way to the house.   What a despicable thing to do.  

Please see my post above...this guy must be out in force today...tell your wife not to worry...

Called twice today said he was Steve Martin and that it was as serious attempt to contact you regarding a transactions of perjury and to put me in front of a grand jury or a magistrate.  Speaks in a heavy Indian accent.  Really? Steve Martin?
Get a life!

You pretty much summed that up brother!

got a call today as well.  Returned the call and was threatened to be arrested.  A bunch of BS, but got my blood pressure up very high.  don't call them back!

I received a similar message from an Indian or South African man calling himself Steve Martin (likely delirious from the fever and virus he is carrying).

Would the real Steve Martin please stand up!!!

I guess my standing before a grand jury or magistrate is so important that they do not bother to use your name, cite the case number, cite the criminal code violated, or mail a legal letter.

Mr. Martin, said he called twice. After checking my phone I see he did, but only the one message was left on the last call. Why isn't this illegal??????

Holy Crap they will do anything to get somebody to call. This is a form of tele-terrorism!

He called our number twice today - with great urgency!!!  He needs to be stopped - there are so many vulnerable peopled receiving these calls that get frightened about the possibility of it being a legitimate business call.

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

Yep, same scam call as all of you. Thick Indian accent. Keeps leaving messages on my machine. 951-286-3804.
What ever happened to our privacy rights? Sheesh!
-annoying invasion of privacy.

Just got this message too from. Two messages and a thick indian accent that was hard to understand. Guessed it was a scam and then found this site. How do we get them back for this?

Targeted in the IRS Scam. Same MO - Steve Martin. Difficult to understand Indian accents. Threatened me. Knew my name and address. They wanted PayPal cards. They hung up on me when I told them I know this is a scam.

Called back and told him he has been isolated by the FBI and will be arrested and prosecuted for fraud.