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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOMG! The IRS has issued an arrest warrant for me and it will be executed if I don't return their
call immediately!
Xipe Totec
(43,900 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Something with kitties on it!
unblock
(52,580 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)get ahead! 😏
True Dough
(17,432 posts)I see they already forced you to remove your avatar with help from Fox. You're under siege, Floyd!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)PJMcK
(22,110 posts)Get off the grid immediately!
(wink)
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Croney
(4,689 posts)Did you get the woman who sounds like a robot with dying batteries?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)At first I thought my Alexa was pranking me! 😁
MiniMe
(21,731 posts)The IRS doesn't call, they send a letter first.
emulatorloo
(44,289 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Always on a Friday, usually around 5PM.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,948 posts)Just go get a few "money cards" and send them what they want!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,272 posts)Said they were gonna call "the cops".
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,272 posts)It said to press a key to get transferred to a live person. I can see a good number of naive people falling for it (percentage wise overall) since the script sounded professional and 'legit' until she said "cops". lol
The scary part is that somehow the call got through to my extension.
JDC
(10,161 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)How was I to know!
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)is that they've gone to robocalls instead of live Steve or Emily with an incredibly thick Bangalore accent.
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)I figured the IRS doesn't work out of Bombay.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,870 posts)1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington D.C.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)After I hung up, it occurred to me that they probably prey on a lot of senior citizens (we have many here in South Florida) and scare the hell out of them.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)I talked to them like Scaramucci on steroids.
emulatorloo
(44,289 posts)report their lying despicable asses to the FBI.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)emulatorloo
(44,289 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Gothmog
(146,240 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)MLAA
(17,386 posts)Your credit card can fix! All these distractions keeping you from returning the Nigerian prince's email!
😬😃😳
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Where the hell is that email?
kimbutgar
(21,323 posts)Also I have been summoned to a courthouse. I blocked their numbers and something happened to my phone that I could not make outgoing calls. CAlled AT&T RT minutes on the punks c
Gave up and the next day restarted my digital,phone modem and I call my service back. I now block these calls.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,835 posts)I think my phone is broken!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)miss it!
LSFL
(1,110 posts)The IRS is out for me, my warranty on my 20 year old jeep is expiring, my home warranty is lapsed, and with all this going on I apparently can't resist staying in posh resorts!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)luxury cruise guy back!
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)For 50 years I mailed my tax returns on April 16 (or whatever day came after the postmark deadline date). Not once in that 50 years did the IRS ever even notice that I was always a day late.
Scammers from Nigeria, however, I'd really be concerned about. They might actually send the sheriff to your door!!!!!!!! Better pay them quick!!!! I'm series!!!! This is no joke!!!!!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)lastlib
(23,438 posts)...that there was an administrative one-week grace period for filing your taxes without penalty. And we coded returns accordingly from April 15th to 22nd. Now, I don't send my return in until the 22nd (unless I'm due a refund, which never happens any more), and have never had a problem.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)don't return their call!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,319 posts)I'm not actually there yet -- apparently the process takes a long time.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)MontanaMama
(23,372 posts)These fools are a freaking blast to mess with too. My 12 year old is a master at keeping them on the phone for as long as possible and he works them hard. One time we were asked to pay our "debt" with itunes gift cards if you can believe that.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)MontanaMama
(23,372 posts)When we've got one of these bozos on the line, he gets all excited. These are 2nd only to the calls we get from "Microsoft" warning us that our computer is sending error messages. I seriously wonder who falls for this stuff.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Pachamama
(16,888 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Pachamama
(16,888 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)A lot of uneducated people (aka, Trump supporters) fall for this still and pay these people.
Of course, we could stop this abuse but the people most likely to be a victim of the abuse are the ones who keep voting for the GOP tools who prevent consumer fraud laws from being passed.
So I guess they get what they deserve
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Sally calls me once every couple of weeks.
"Hi" This is Sally."
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)I bought in and was worried for a full twenty minutes when they called me! (couple years back)
What a bunch of jerks.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)brush
(54,017 posts)I've gotten a couple of those scam calls too.
I play along when they threaten to come to my door and arrest me.
I ask how much do I have to send?
Then I ask the guy, "Okay, if you're going to arrest me, what's my address?"
They hang up then.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)under the bed!
brush
(54,017 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)What's a thirty dollar phone call among friends?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)I did a little research. Ripoff Report shows that number as being a law office in Cal. A spoof number no doubt!
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)catbyte
(34,588 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)They were offering to help me with the problems my SMART PHONE was having. At the time I had an old TracFone flip phone. Another time I got a call about the problems with my computers internet speed. I had a computer but I was not connected to any internet servers and they just kept trying to tell me they would help me fix the speed. Oh, Yeah, I did get a call from the "IRS" telling me I owed money and if I did not pay now they were going to start legal procedures. I hung up then tried to call back the number and it was a disconnected number. I had called back out of morbid curiosity. I called my brother who is a tax lawyer and he told me that had been going on a lot and I did the right thing.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)address!
Dr. Strange
(25,932 posts)I hooked them up with my friend, who's a Nigerian prince, and had him pay it off.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)But first, get the email address for that Nigerian banker who's holding 6.2 million euros for you so you can pass that on along with authorization to directly draft that Nigerian account for payment.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)niyad
(114,182 posts)me company on the line until the cops arrive.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)ailsagirl
(22,923 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)ailsagirl
(22,923 posts)said I know you people are scammers-- the IRS DOES NOT CONTACT PEOPLE VIA PHONE!!!!!!!!!
Then ended it with, "STOP CALLING DAMMIT!!"
Sorry you had to experience this little scam so many times in a row
GRRRRRR
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,409 posts)I can give them your contact info, then you'll be safe.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,833 posts)lpbk2713
(42,785 posts)jmowreader
(50,619 posts)Call them back and tell them you don't have any money, so you won't be paying your tax bill.
When they tell you that you're going to be arrested, offer to give them directions:
Take Interstate 85 north of Durham, NC, to exit 189. Turn north off the ramp and drive to Veazey Road. Turn left onto Veazey, then go to State Road 100. Turn left, then take the second right. It's a gated community, so just tell the gate guard what you're there for and he'll be sure to take you right where you need to go.
(And he will, too...that's directions to the prison Bernie Madoff is in.)
Squinch
(51,106 posts)I'm baaaaaaaaaddddd!
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