Got a call from the US Treasury asking for $2,800 to fix a claim I made in 2009?

So yeah, I'm still-sided about this.<br><br>An elderly lady called me at 6:30pm central time (pretty late for cold calling) and said there were outstanding claims that had not been settled since 2009.<br><br>She claimed to be with the US Treasury calling about unclaimed back taxes that I had filed incorrectly as a minor in 2009.<br><br>She justified her claim by giving me a case number was: **DWB4252 J** and that this claim has gone unaddressed for about 10 years and she was calling me to rectify the issue. She went on to tell me I should expect 13,980 dollars in two days that will be dropped off at my doorstep in a USPS money order. However, she said she needed me to send $2,800 dollars to fix a miss appropriation of funds that have gone to the IRS, SSA, fictitious student loans and what not.<br><br>She said this was going to be a one time fee and that I'd have to pay in bitcoin or money order in order for her to release this money. She then went on to say that if the issue wasn't resolved, I could face jail time and that there was already a warrant for my arrest in connection with this case.<br><br>I accepted the terms and said I would send it out within the next 48 hours. I asked her what Bitcoin address I should send it to and she said she was going to connect me to her IT representative to direct me better on what to do with the bitcoin address.<br><br>At this point I was being passed around to her "IT representative" that was from India and sounded like a fucking 16 year old telling me to open up my wallet and find the bitcoin address I was going to send the money to, but I decided to troll them and send them a tiny fraction of a cent (.01 cents) and claim that I was buying 3-4 bitcoin.<br><br>I FIGURED IT WOULD TAKE THEM A WHILE TO NOTICCE THE FRACTIONAL AMOUNT I SENT THEM. I went on to tell him that I was going to do the transaction via the Bitcoin atm and that I'd be sending the money in a few. Then, he asked me for the reference number and I gave him a reference number that was my birthday and told him to write it down. I went on to say that I had to go to the car and that the transaction was complete and that I had the reference number.<br><br>This IT BOY went on to tell me that there was a problem and that the transaction was invalid and that there was a claim on the money I sent. I told him I was going to dispute this in the Chat, and I told him that I had sent the money and that there was no way I was going to send him another bitcoin address or better yet, send him the money in cash via money order.<br><br>I then asked to speak to his supervisor and he told me he was going to connect me to his supervisor and that the supervisor was going to resolve the conflict. I was then connected to another person in India that was calling himself "Supervisor Williams".<br><br>Supervisor Williams went on to tell me that there was a problem with the amount and that the transaction went through, but that the issue was with the amount. He went on to tell me that the transaction was invalid and that I'd have to send the amount of $2,800 as agreed upon originally.<br><br>I then went on to tell Supervisor Williams that I had spent the money and that the transaction was complete and that I could not send him any more money than I had already sent. He told me that I was in big trouble for this and that the issue would not be resolved until I resolved the issue at hand by sending the correct amount via bitcoin address or money order. I went on to say that I had no more bitcoin and no more money to send him and that I was broke.<br><br>Supervisor Williams then went on to tell me that the issue would not be resolved until I had resolved the issue at hand and that he would no longer resolve the issue and that he was going to mark the case as closed due to client's unwillingness to resolve the issue at hand. I tried to get him to go to his supervisor but he said he had reached the limit and that there was nothing more he could do for me and that he was going to mark the case as closed.<br><br>At this point I knew this was a fucking scam and I was just playing along. I told him I understood and that I'd resolve the issue on my own. He went on to say that there was nothing else he could do and that the case was closed and settled and that I would no longer receive any more money and that I would face prosecution for this.<br><br>I went on to say that I understood and that I was sorry for my unwillingness to resolve the issue and that the issue was closed and that they would no longer hear from me again.<br><br>I then asked for the case number and they said it was: **DWB4252 J** and I told them thank you and that I had gotten it written down and they said they were letting me go.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>I'm appalled that anyone would go to such length to try and get money from innocent people. Especially targeting seniors or people that may not be financially well off.<br><br>I laughed about this whole situation now, but when it was happening to me, I was a bit worried that someone knew my name, address and phone number and was calling me about a claim that I had never heard about. I knew it was a scam and I was afraid I was going to be a target to a money laundering claim or worse; identity theft.<br><br>**tldr**: I got a called from a pretty elderly lady about a claim I made in 2009 that was settled and resolved for $13,980 dollars but that I had to pay $2,800 in order to receive my funds. She connected me to her IT person and we discussed this issue. I sent her .01 cents and claimed that I bought 3-4 bitcoin and went on to talk to the IT representative about this issue. I went back and forth for a little while and went on to tell them I was broke and that I couldn't afford to send them any more money. They went on to tell me that the issue wouldn't be resolved and that I would no longer receive any money and that I'd face prosecution and that there was a warrant for my arrest in connection with this shit.<br><br>&#x200B;