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Jim Lane

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8. You have a better Nigerian banker than I do.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:39 PM

Mar 2016

A friend of mine posted on Facebook about getting this "IRS" call. One of her friends said she'd gotten the same call and added, "Maybe we can be cellmates." My contribution was to promise to pay her tax bill for her as soon as my guy in Nigeria came through with the $8.3 million.

Damn, I think I lost $2.7 million on the deal.

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US Federal Court: “you didn’t show up for jury duty” scammers slicker than ever [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 OP

If the Feds were really after your ass, they'd be at the door. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #1

EXACTLY n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #2

I got a call yesterday from a person saying my credit card had been stolen. herding cats Mar 2016 #3

Like Fuddnik (below) I got an "IRS" call a year ago discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #5

You have a better Nigerian banker than I do. Jim Lane Mar 2016 #8

I got a call yesterday morning from the "IRS". Fuddnik Mar 2016 #4

IRS scam factory Mar 2016 #6

I got a couple of calls like that wryter2000 Mar 2016 #7

Mine had a rather thick accent 1939 Mar 2016 #9

Any demand of money by phone or mail gets met with a challenge of "sue me" Major Nikon Mar 2016 #10

I feel left out. phylny Mar 2016 #11

The IRS hasn't called me either! But Microsoft Security keeps calling csziggy Mar 2016 #12

Sometimes I speak Spanish. phylny Mar 2016 #13

Sometime when I'm in a bad mood I will go off on them csziggy Apr 2016 #14

I used to chastise them MurrayDelph Apr 2016 #16

I got a card today HeiressofBickworth Apr 2016 #15