There really is a lot of this going on.
I’ve gotten a call a few times from those jack wagons.
If it’s on the internet, in an email or on your phone, it’s a scam. Tell them to send you a letter through the U.S. Mail and hang up. It’s not rocket science.
Best thing is to keep them on the line and feed them BS. If you have the time and inclination. I had one on the line last week for 20 minutes while I was running through FR.
most come from India. We should cut inncoming calls from these craphole countries until they crackdown.
Tag their phone number they’re calling from? Do a reverse call after they hang up to see where it goes then report it?
Wish I had known this earlier.
I can do a great Indian accent.
I love to talk to these guys.
I think they are in Europe or some former USSR country.
Don’t mess with retirees, LOL.
The key thing is never do business or discuss anything with anyone WHO CALLS YOU.
Beware of all incoming calls.
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First thing, the Internal Revenue Service never refers to themselves as the IRS.
I say, "Wow... that's fantastic, please send the check to my home address"
Then they try and get my banking information since it will be faster that way...
"That's OK, just send the check"...
Click...
I never do financial stuff over the phone
I got a call last week from a guy with a Caribbean accent who said I had won a trip on a Caribbean cruise ship. All he needed to confirm my trip was my credit card number...
Happened to me here in Tx several times this year. One of the ‘IRS lawsuit calls’ was sent from a Seattle area code phone #. Yeh, right.. GTH scam artists.
Yup I’ve been getting these calls for quite a while. They are robo-calls saying “ Final notice the IRS has filed suit against you, call this number now blah blah blah” etc. We get them almost every day sometimes twice or more. I always hang up and have always known from the very first call that they were trying to scam us. The IRS doesn’t conduct business that way. They know where I live and if they want to contact me for any reason it would be through the mail.
My area code gets a lot of these. Tip #2 works very well!
1. I usually let answering machine screen—I get annoyed with the disruptions...My friends and family have my cell number.
2. If you want to answer, pick up the handset and wait a couple seconds before saying “Hello,” most robo-calls will have disconnected because they don’t hear a voice to activate the call.
We never answer the phone. Even if we’re right beside it. We let the little Chinese Robot answer it. These A-Holes from “I.R.S. Services” call us at least twice a week leaving a message claiming they are going to sue us. We just ignore them.
I got 2 calls from the scammers on Friday afternoon/evening.
It was an 800 number, when called back, just rang and rang.
THE IRS NEVER CALLS OR EMAILS.
If the IRS were NOT a terrorist organization, these scams wouldn’t work.
Alternately, if you don't mind getting a visit from the FBI yourself - There is a bomb in your office set to go off in 90 seconds. If you leave now you will survive.
That’s not new, they’ve been calling us for months. I hang up on them, but my husband likes to play with his food.