Hoax IRS Calls, Good News!

[hollywood]

Police in India raided a call center which apparently had been the primary source of those scammers. They placed over 500 employees under arrest.

Perhaps now I won't get 3 to 4 of these calls per week left on my answering machine.

 

[Been Jammin]

I get them on my cell. Pain in the ass.

 

[N. Pappagiorgio]

Dang, I sent them 20 grand.

 

[Rulz]

Dang, I sent them 20 grand.

So did I! Dammit! They said they was a comin to take my possesshuns

 

[Colorado_Poke]

Dang, I sent them 20 grand.

So did I! Dammit! They said they was a comin to take my possesshuns

Loosers.

 

[SquinkY5786]

I got in the habit of hanging up. Then I got into the habit of dragging it out over the phone until they got pissed. I have had some profane language thrown my way. Especially from the ones letting me know my Windows computer has a virus.

 

[MegaPoke]

I've been beset by these idiots for years.

Anymore I just don't answer out of state calls and hang up on bounced local calls but a fe times they caught me at the right / wrong time and I've unleashed the most vulgar, racist venom on them I could scrape up from the depths of my soul.

Have to admit it was cathartic but it just resulted in more calls.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

I got in the habit of hanging up. Then I got into the habit of dragging it out over the phone until they got pissed. I have had some profane language thrown my way. Especially from the ones letting me know my Windows computer has a virus.

Do they pull this off with strong Hindi accents?

 

[trapped_in_tx]

I've been beset by these idiots for years.

Anymore I just don't answer out of state calls and hang up on bounced local calls but a fe times they caught me at the right / wrong time and I've unleashed the most vulgar, racist venom on them I could scrape up from the depths of my soul.

Have to admit it was cathartic but it just resulted in more calls.

Voicemail is a glorious thing. I don't answer a call if I don't know the number. 98% of numbers I don't recognize are scams, surveys, politicians, and charities. 1% are wrong numbers. The last 1% are people I actually need to talk to.

If your number under 'attack' is a business number, I feel for you. It's costly in many facets for a small biz to change phone numbers, which is about the only remedy and a temporary one at that.

 

[pcaggie]

I answered one last week. Was walking away from game one of the Rangers-Jays back to the car. Already not happy from the beat down the Rangers got, I was primed. Knowing they are trying to scam our seniors, I answered in an old man voice. Stupid ass told me his name was 'Calvin Johnson' from the IRS. I played along for a minute, asking of he was legit. Assured me he was. Then I laid into him like a sailor. Basically yelling at him asking if he is the same Calvin that just retired from the NFL? Proud of what you do? He got confrontational with me, I told him to "Eat a bag of d*cks, and if you ever call me again, I will find you and beat your *ss." Haven't had a call since. IM A MAN. IM ALMOST 38.

 

[hollywood]

Voicemail is a glorious thing. I don't answer a call if I don't know the number. 98% of numbers I don't recognize are scams, surveys, politicians, and charities. 1% are wrong numbers. The last 1% are people I actually need to talk to.

That's exactly how I play it as well. Have a generic outgoing message that helps quickly identify if they know that I am NOT M.Sgt_____ ________ as my mom left my dad's name on the public listings for the number, despite the fact he died in 1963. It's always a hoot to get a call from someone insisting they know him or that a neighbor has recommended him to receive some "gift" or something. Those I love to screw with.....

 

[davidallen]

Dang, I sent them 20 grand.

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