Posted on 08/21/2016 3:27:23 PM PDT by Innovative
They are extremely persistent and claiming to be the IRS and threatening to throw you in jail and all kinds of things,” the 76-year-old Torrance resident said. “They try to make it sound official.”
In the past month, the IRS and several South Bay police agencies have issued public warnings about the IRS scam and similar cons perpetrated by thieves on the telephone.
“You are never going to get a call from the IRS demanding an immediate tax payment,” IRS spokesman Raphael Tulino said. “A lot of folks will hear it’s the IRS and act out of panic or dismay, and provide what the scammer wants. The normal correspondence to the taxpayer is a letter in the mail. It’s not a random threatening phone call.”
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I think they are in Europe or some former USSR country. Don’t mess with retirees, LOL
The answer machine gets all calls first, on the second call, I'll pick up and say, "Sheriff's Department".
Real fast "click" follows, LOL!
Interesting. So do you sound like an Indian Help Desk consultant? Maybe you can tell them there seems to be something wrong with their phone connection since it’s dumping all sorts of stuff into your computer.
That's why it's called the "Infernal Revenue Service".
I get almost daily (or more) calls from India claiming to be from Microsoft Windows Technical Support. I tell them my windows are nice and clean and I see out of them just fine. They always get mad and hang up.
I never do financial stuff over the phone
They are not calling long distance and cannot be cut off, they VOIP though a gateway.
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...
I tell them To call back Tuesday and Ill think about it then.
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.
As you read the numbers, throw them for a loop.
“One...four....nine....teen”
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.
They can VOIP through a gateway to landlines or mobile networks. There are free ones out there.
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.
“They can VOIP through a gateway to landlines or mobile networks.”
Isn’t there any way to track them down?
Yeah, I’ve thought about doing that but remember, your number’s in there database and they are all called by a computer program “robo-call” system. So, even if you waste their time, the calls will persist and if the guy wants to get back at you for that he can probably increase them just to bug you.
It’s probably just best to hang up and report them.
That is my exact handling of anyone who calls trying to sell me anything.
I play crazy old grouchy 90 year lady ..it seems to stop their calls.
is mr x there. I Launch into something like..he is In the hen house trying to figure out who stole the chicken eggs. I think it is the fox but he thinks its the neighbor..by about that time they hang up.
Any way to call them and to play with their minds?
So you’re telling me that the offer of $900,000 I received today on my email which I will receive - tax free - if I send them my full name, address, date of birth, place of employment and valid credit card # only via Western Union is a SCAM? Surely you jest. /s/
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.
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