844-878-7617 scam

Some Indian man calling from Lowell, MA claimed he was from Washington DC U.S. Treasury. He said his name was "Steve Smith." The voicemail was an automated call saying I had been involved in a national offense. Also said "help us help you." The Indian guy on the phone needed my name and demanded my address and then got frustrated when I refused to provide him with that information. I've committed no crimes, am a student, and live all the way in CA. I know these are not official DC representatives, but I'm concerned with these people having my number & name and making big threats and false accusations.

These two numbers are working together to scam people right now:  844-878-7617 and 978-746-2083
I called the first one and they asked me to verify my name and number.  So like them I provided bogus information.  The first number put me on hold and 10 seconds later the second number was calling me at the same time.  So I hung up and called the second one from a different phone.  These people are a total joke.  I used a robot number that responds with any sound.  He was speaking to no one for about 10 minutes threatening to track me down.  He said the IRS will be at my door in 30 minutes and requested that I end the call.  He even used foul language out of frustration... once I was done using the robot responder I got on the line and asked why he is doing this to people.  I told him that I only did this because the longer I kept him busy the less time he had to take someone's hard earned money.

For those who are tired of these scams use the following number to conference in an automatic robot answering service  214-666-4321 this will respond in an actual human voice to any sound on the other end of the line keeping the scammer busy while you sit back and laugh.

I also got a call saying I was involved in a Federal Offense. It is illegal for someone to threaten you with legal action so i knew it had to be fishy.

Is a scam don't fall for it ! Scare