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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Fri May 13, 2016, 12:15 PM May 2016

on Monday May 9, I got a text from some purported tax company

claiming I'd contacted them with an inquiry. Their website ends in org, so I texted back something along the lines of, "who the fuck are you? go away & leave me alone." I got 3 more calls that day, from multiple numbers, with 1 voicemail
Tuesday: 4 more calls from multiple numbers
Wednesday: 4 more calls from multiple numbers
Thursday: 10 calls plus voice mail
Friday: just got another call w/voicemail. Apparently rejecting a call triggers a voicemail.

Here are the numbers he/she/it is calling from:

626-638-2029
774-221-4027
404-594-8967
888-829-6911
347-527-5147
913-535-4783
504-298-9911
904-421-4437
843-606-1169

All of them come up as moderate to high spam when googled. 4 a day was bad, but 10?

I have a track phone and have gotten little to no spam until now. This is effing ridiculous. (

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on Monday May 9, I got a text from some purported tax company (Original Post) magical thyme May 2016 OP
Look them up online csziggy May 2016 #1
I did. 6 out of the 9 are the same scammers "tax defense service" magical thyme May 2016 #2
They're spoofing the numbers and they don't care if it's irritating csziggy May 2016 #4
Anyone can have a .org domain Oneironaut May 2016 #3

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
1. Look them up online
Fri May 13, 2016, 01:58 PM
May 2016

I often just put the number into a search engine but the best results tend to come from http://800notes.com

Most of the time the numbers that seem suspicious are scammers.

You can put your cell number into https://donotcall.gov/ and enter complaints. That may not stop the calls, but it give the FCC more information to try to investigate the scammers.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
2. I did. 6 out of the 9 are the same scammers "tax defense service"
Fri May 13, 2016, 02:10 PM
May 2016

2 of them don't have complaints listed yet, and 1 complains but not specifically about "tax defense service"

I know it's a scam. What is amazing to me is that it's branched out to so many freakin' #s and that I would get 10 calls in a single day. It's really annoying to check my phone and see 10 missed calls. That's a lot of numbers to look through to make sure nobody I need to speak to called. (luckily right now I have zero reason to expect a call from anybody).

I did get one additional piece of info: the "Tax Defense Service" company (I forget its "official" name) gets an F rating from BBB and its CFO is in jail for fraud.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
4. They're spoofing the numbers and they don't care if it's irritating
Fri May 13, 2016, 05:08 PM
May 2016

I just wish the authorities could catch them and shut them down permanently!

Oneironaut

(5,462 posts)
3. Anyone can have a .org domain
Fri May 13, 2016, 03:07 PM
May 2016

It's a good way to try and fool people into thinking a site is more legitimate. I hate scammers.

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