Dept of Treasury - Legal Affairs

[Justin B.]

So I get a call today from 415-506-2407 saying that I needed to call a Brian King from the Dept. of the US Treasury - Legal Affairs office back at ironically the same number to discuss a legal matter I was involved in.  I picked up right away that this was the IRS scam I'd heard so much about.  So I decided to have some fun.  I read online of some of the things they say to people so I called him up.

I told him that I had some bad news for him.  He was the target of a legal action and a warrant had been issued for his arrest.  I told him he needed to get to the nearest Western Union and purchase $2,000 worth of reloadable debit cards (10 in the amount of $200).  I said the authorities were going to show up tomorrow to arrest him and throw him in Jail for up to 6 months if he didn't comply immediately.

Of course he knew exactly what he was doing and called me a bastard.  His accent also got much thicker (Indian) as he stopped trying to sound American.  So I asked them how much money they made taking advantage of people like this.  He said millions.  It almost made me sick.  So I started berating him a little more and told him how I've reported the number.  Maybe you guys should call him and berate him as well.  I figured the least I can do is give them a hard time about it.

I'm curious if anyone else has gotten these calls.