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Scammers fleece Australians out of $800,000 in one month as fake calls surge
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 5 Dec 2018 | Editor

Posted on 12/04/2018 7:07:32 PM PST by BlackVeil

Australians were conned out of more than $800,000 in November alone as a "tsunami" of scam phone calls threatened people with arrest if they did not hand over their personal details. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; scamcalls
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They pretend to be calling from the Tax Office, and ask for immediate payment of "overdue amounts". Many people have been caught out, especially home bound and elderly people. I got one such call, but I knew it was a scam. They are ringing EVERYONE.
1 posted on 12/04/2018 7:07:32 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil
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2 posted on 12/04/2018 7:11:40 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: BlackVeil

I got 2 calls myself


3 posted on 12/04/2018 7:12:17 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: BlackVeil

About ready to drop our land line phone forever. About all we get are scam callers.


4 posted on 12/04/2018 7:14:39 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: BlackVeil

Go to youtube and type in “tax irs scam call” and tons of videos from actual police officers LOL and IRS tax agents get back at these clowns. I get some of these idiots (from India) at least twice a year who threatened me with an ‘arrest warrant” if I dont pay up...;P

here’s one where the guy the “IRS” called is an actual tax attorney who has experience dealing with IRS lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9onI0MzmuI


5 posted on 12/04/2018 7:15:07 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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“About ready to drop our land line phone forever. About all we get are scam callers.”

I’m keeping my landline ‘cause if the electricity goes out, I can still make and receive calls using the corded phone I keep in my desk drawer as a back up to the cordless phones and cell phones.


6 posted on 12/04/2018 7:17:49 PM PST by Armscor38
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To: BlackVeil

They hang up in a hurry if you ask the right question.

Some options:

From what country are you calling?

Do you get paid hourly, or get a percentage of what you bring in? Or are you an independent contractor that buys lists and gets to keep all you can steal?


7 posted on 12/04/2018 7:30:35 PM PST by PAR35
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When they say “the cops will arrest you” ya might want to hang up. LMAO. The cops I know are Law Enforcement Officers.


8 posted on 12/04/2018 7:31:51 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.she)
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Is it wrong to reply:

Bring all you got, I'm not going down.

Come and get me coppers.

9 posted on 12/04/2018 7:37:57 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: BlackVeil

I’ve been getting those calls for months now on my cell phone.


10 posted on 12/04/2018 8:30:08 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: Armscor38

I still have one old 500 set plugged in.

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11 posted on 12/04/2018 8:31:40 PM PST by Mears
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I had the same call.


12 posted on 12/04/2018 8:35:33 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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To: Inyo-Mono

I haven’t had a land line in many, many years but I git the scam call on my cell.


13 posted on 12/04/2018 8:36:37 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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“I’m keeping my landline ‘cause if the electricity goes out, I can still make and receive calls using the corded phone...”

If you get your landline through a cable service, you might need to think it over again. They don’t power the phones at a central service anymore. We have a battery back up, but they only guarantee it for 9 hours, and that’s only if the cable is still working.


14 posted on 12/04/2018 8:47:33 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: BlackVeil

The IRS will never contact you by
phone, and the Sheriffs Dept always
follows up warrant issues in person,
or if you’re stopped for a traffic
violation, and if you see a stranger
on your front porch, holding a large
envelope, never tell them what your
name is.


15 posted on 12/04/2018 8:48:05 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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A co-worker got one of these calls and asked so many questions the guy hung up on her!

I got a call the same week. I hung up on them.

The calls are a nuisance to most of us, but they can be very frightening for some elderly people. One woman told me her mother had had about 3 of these calls. Every time, it scared the poor thing half to death. (She has probably never broken the law in her life and here she is being threatened with jail). Every time her daughter calms her down, reassures her that she has no unpaid taxes, and that the IRS won’t call her, they would send a letter. Then she’s fine, until the next call.

I heard on the radio a while back that if only ONE percent of scam calls (of any kind) get a response, then it’s worth the scammers’ time and effort.


16 posted on 12/04/2018 9:13:55 PM PST by susannah59
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It’s very sad that old people continue to get conned. Especially seeing so am starting to get old myself. The annoying thing is we are constantly told that the Australian Tax Office and other Government offices do not call you and ask for money. Older Aussies are not very assertive


17 posted on 12/04/2018 9:59:23 PM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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Scammers are getting more clever. They spoof local sheriff’s phone #s and even sound local when they call, not like from Mumbai. Somebody must be low on cash to take this kind of work.

We got something like this last month with threats of we’re coming to your house & immediately called the sheriff. They thanked us & said this was the tenth such call that day claiming to be them. The sheriff’s dept later called us back and said they had made some busts & our report helped make it possible. Seems they were able to trace the spoof number.


18 posted on 12/04/2018 10:44:25 PM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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I got one. I knew right away what it was. I know, from experience, the IRS doesn’t make phone calls. And they sure as hell don't use guys with East Indian accents calling themselves "Francis''. I flat out told the guy to tell me were I could find him so I could blow his f'ing brains out. Never heard from them again.
19 posted on 12/04/2018 10:58:30 PM PST by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Deaf Smith

“Come and get me coopers’’. Yeah. Ya tin horn flat foots! I’ll fill ya all with lead, get me?


20 posted on 12/04/2018 11:00:49 PM PST by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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