NOTE: Smells of copy/paste desperation. This author really really wants to steal whatever they can for you. BTW: The US Treasury IS NOT located in the Republic of Korea!!! Take note:
If you have received an unsolicited call, text, or email from an individual purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), or the Department of the Treasury--usually making threats of legal action or even promises of federal grant funds or employment--it is a fraud. Further, there are NO government programs to 'reimburse victims of fraud."
There are a number of similar scams, some of which can be quite persuasive: in some, the scammers have done brief Internet research of potential victims so they appear to be familiar with their victim's personal details, and they use this information as a springboard to obtain more. You may report scams regarding the IRS at the following site:
www.tigta.gov. Other scams can be reported to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov, (or call 1-877-FTC-HELP) and internet (email) frauds to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.
Likewise, criminals do not respect US law, so they do not respect the “Do Not Call” list either. Generally, it is helpful to avoid answering any calls you do not recognize, so you have time to consider and research any demands that might have been left on voicemail. Several media sources have written articles on potential steps for self-protection: for instance, “How to stop annoying robocalls on your iPhone or Android phone,” at The Verge; “Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here’s How to Stop Them”, and “Worried About the I.R.S. Scam? Here’s How to Handle Phone Fraud,” available at the NY Times, explore a number of alternative options that potential victims may find helpful. Although neither these articles nor their publishers are affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, you may find one or more of these articles to contain helpful information.
Please be aware also that phone numbers and email addresses can be "spoofed" to appear to be generated from a federal agency. Recently there has been an increase in reports of scammers using this method to make it appear as if a number associated with this agency or the DC area is the calling number. Do not be taken in! We encourage you to continue to be extremely wary of unsolicited telephone or e-mail communications, particularly those that request personal information, contain any offer of some prize or "grant," or make monetary demands. Our constituents have also identified a scam which may occur through the mail, with a threatening letter from an “Internal Processing Service” for a local county. This is also fraudulent. Please do not confuse these frauds with genuine letters from the Bureau of Fiscal Service notifying certain constituents of offset or garnishment actions. Should you receive a notification, you may pursue further information from the Bureau of Fiscal Service Debt Management Service at https://fiscal.treasury.gov/dms/. That site will also direct you to contact numbers for the programs. If you are unsure of the validity of a letter purporting to be a Treasury enforcement action, you may always contact the Bureau of Fiscal Service for assistance.
Complaints regarding fraud, waste, or abuse in the Department of the Treasury, excluding the IRS, may be reported at www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/OigOnlineHotlineForm.aspx.
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FBI Headquarters 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535 USA Attn: Beneficiary After proper and several investigations by the Western Union, Money Gram, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and United Nations (UN) Offices we found your name amongst those that have sent money through Western Union and Money Gram in the course of receiving your Inheritance, Lottery, United Nation compensation funds which proves that you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending money to them through the above mentioned means. To this regard United Nations (UN) held a meeting with the Board of Directors of WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) the FBI alongside with the MINISTRY of FINANCE. As a result of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (U.S.1, 500,000.00) should be transferred to you from the funds set aside by The United States Department of the Treasury to compensate scam victims. This case is being handled and supervised by the FBI therefore we have submitted your details to effect the transfer of your funds to you. Contact the Western Union agent office through the information below: Contact Person: Betsy Holden Address: Western Union Post Office, California Email: mrs.betsyholden835@gmail.com Yours sincerely, Christopher Wray FBI Director
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