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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailybreeze.com ...
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.
Same here. I told them to send their agents to my house but they never showed up
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.
They spoof the caller id, very easy to do.
The key thing is never do business or discuss anything with anyone WHO CALLS YOU.
Beware of all incoming calls.
.
Got one the other day. Hung up laughing at them. Next time I’ll have to try to contain myself long enough to ask if they are related to the Nigerian prince.
Me too. I never answer any number that I dont know. For the pAST YEAR, the message always ends in “May God have mercy on your soul.” after the “ we will take away your money blah blah”
The IRS is full of godless heathens so I knew it was a scam s/
First thing, the Internal Revenue Service never refers to themselves as the IRS.
How?
They are good at faking caller ID.
The ones I get say “IRS ENFORCEMENT” and have a 202 area code.
Love to chat with them using my fake Indian accent.
Tell the “iRS” you have Bitcoins and McDonald’s monopoly cards.
mastercard
4357 2334 5421 43988
expires 2/18
code 467
Guess the first question to ask the caller is to give you your personal details; SS# to start with. Since the warning has been out there a while maybe people will do a reverse scam on them. Be fun to see if someone could record one of those calls.
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...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.