Aug 12, 2014
I was working as a loss prevention officer at a local retail store when a woman came in rather frantic asking about Green Dot Money cards. She was about to send her hard earned money [over $1,000.00] to this ... clown ... who said he was from the US Treasury and had a arrest warrant for this woman and her husband for unpaid taxes. She said that he was on the phone with her as she was in the store telling her what to do. I assured her that this was not protocol and that it was a scam. I asked if I could talk to him: Asked him the name of his burgh Chief's name and number, asked for the case/docket/ IBR number of her arrest warrant. Asked him for the federal code that has been violated that generated the action, asked him to give me the number of the local IRS or Treasury department number in our area. He asked me who I was, I answered an Economic Crimes/ Loss Prevention Detective. "Hello, ... Hello??? He hung up.