[oolas3]

Who falls for this? lol. The IRS doesn't call you unless you call them first.

[MightyMouseTech]

Originally Posted by m3m3mr

Who falls for this? lol. The IRS doesn't call you unless you call them first.

The same kind of people that are voting for Trump?

[Buschy]

my son was getting those so I said answer it I got on the phone and just went along with it.
The way they said I had to pay was to go down while still on the phone to walgreens and get a Itun ez card.. I said a whate? they said yes get that and load $500 on it. then you will not be arrested tomorrow.
I was like ok.
so dumb but I cannot even imagine how many people fall for it.

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by Buschy

my son was getting those so I said answer it I got on the phone and just went along with it.
The way they said I had to pay was to go down while still on the phone to walgreens and get a Itun ez card.. I said a whate? they said yes get that and load $500 on it. then you will not be arrested tomorrow.
I was like ok.
so dumb but I cannot even imagine how many people fall for it.

This!

I mean I can buy some people believe the IRS is calling them, I can buy some even believe the police will come and get them... but when the fucking IRS asks you to pay in fucking gift cards.... c'mon maaaaaan!!!

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by duck fat

I spent a solid 20 minutes on the phone with one of them then proceeded to mock them.

Needless to say, they were not thrilled.

Atta boy! It actually gets entertaining--it's like you can have an argument and rip on someone and not feel bad...they are asking for it/

[Aatish]

Usually hang up after I call them "a bunch of fucking mooks".

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

This!

I mean I can buy some people believe the IRS is calling them, I can buy some even believe the police will come and get them... but when the fucking IRS asks you to pay in fucking gift cards.... c'mon maaaaaan!!!

oh yeah..I wish they called me with that one...would have been really fun..if they got me in the right mood, they would have rather been sprayed by a skunk.

[P1]

I love messing with these guys. I try to keep them on the line as long as possible as it ruins their metrics. Got a call from a credit card scammer. I held him on the phone long enough for him to get incredibly upset with me. I mean, he was MAD. It was beautiful.

[Umi|all|day]

Troll them, something like this

[PINeely]

There is a $16,000 fine for DNC registry violations. If you can get a live person on the phone remind them of this fact, they'll stop calling guaranteed.

[PoorLurker]

I had one call me and leave a voicemail. the voice was siri circa 1992. I am pretty sure the IRS isn't that behind in terms of technology, haha

[KingOfJericho]

My wife got one a few weeks ago when we were on vacation. It was hilarious. They kept telling her she made an error on her tax filing which equates to fraud. She kept asking who he was and he said "agent mumble mumble from the internal revenue service". I told her to hang up on them. They called back and got me on the phone. I asked them what was going on and they told me my girlfriend made errors on her tax filing. I told them that if they were the IRS, they would have her correct filing status (we're married and I filed them). He got really frustrated and fumed "You'd better get a good lawyer!!!"

We called the number back a few hours later and they answered the phone "hello?"

lol

[John 070]

Originally Posted by ASAP

The irs' only official form of communication is mail... all u have to say is mail me these documents. If they say, we cant or where... there u go lmao.

Is this true? Because they said I owed over $32,000, and I negotiated it down to $4k and just mailed the check last Thursday. I did think it was odd that the address was a Mailbox Etc. in Latham, MA. Part of me said the IRS does not have an office there

[Buschy]

Originally Posted by John 070

Is this true? Because they said I owed over $32,000, and I negotiated it down to $4k and just mailed the check last Thursday. I did think it was odd that the address was a Mailbox Etc. in Latham, MA. Part of me said the IRS does not have an office there

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by PoorLurker

I had one call me and leave a voicemail. the voice was siri circa 1992. I am pretty sure the IRS isn't that behind in terms of technology, haha

I wouldn't bet my SSN on that fact

[John 070]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I wouldn't bet my SSN on that fact

It drives me bonkers that everyone is asking for a SS#. Last winter I donated some money to the local ice hockey club--one of the kids all of 7 y.o. asks, "social security number?" I said why, I gave you cash? He said the treasurer said we need to get that and also if it's ok your dob? There's no way a 7 y.o. is thinking this up by himself. Although I saw him put the info into an iPad with a Velociraptor sticker on the back

[08njSTEP]

My phone was very active with calls from Minnesota for about a month. 3+ calls a day. Finally they left a message and it was a "business opportunity" directed to an ex girlfriend that I haven't spoken to in 15 years. They called my # looking for her. WTF! I didn't even have a cell phone when I knew her.

[PJinCA]

my 2 favorite scam calls:
guy calls with thick Indian accent, saying he's from Microsoft and would like to talk about security concerns on my pc (I only own Linux machines). last time he called I said "bullshit, I don't own any Microsoft products, so you're lying" he actually yelled "mother bitch!!!!" and hung up.

the other one was one of the same IRS scammers, I told him sure I would pay, but only if he came to pick it up. I then proceeded to give him the address of the local Mongols MC clubhouse have fun getting paid

[TrevorM3]

hahahah post 31, video was funny. post more

[Dvdman]

Hilarious! I get the police asking for donations too.

[Delta0311]

I had a call last year from a dude with a bit of an African accent calling me saying he is with the NYPD (out of Brooklyn) and is from the collections department. Apparently I owed them $900 in violations (mind you I'm never in NYC and if I am I don't drive up there) and he would have me arrested if I don't pay.. I tried not to laugh in his face but it was hard.. I explained to him that a good friend of mine is a detective out of Brooklyn, so I then firmly asked for his name, badge number, and precinct. He hung up really quick after that. I honestly can't believe people fall for shit like this..

[UncleWede]

Someone was using our local PD phone number to try to scam. It was so prevalent with people *69 and telling us to quit calling, we had to set up a phone tree for those people, so that real calls for service could get to a dispatcher.

It went on for MONTHS, not sure it has died down yet. I can never remember the new direct line for dispatch, so I always have to go thru the phone tree when they call me.