Beware Of New Irs Scam

[Glenn]

There's yet a new scam going on right now, and this one involves people calling you. This is the "largest, most pervasive impersonation scam in the history of the agency. (IRS)"

 

Details here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dangerous-irs-phone-scam-unfolding-on-your-phone/

 

Bottom line: if you get a call from someone claiming to be with the IRS demanding immediate payment and threatening you with arrest, you are being scammed and you need to hang up the phone.

 

[gardnerjigman]

Heard about that on the radio. Smart bastages! Not sure who would believe the "go to the store and get a pre paid card to pay us" line though. 

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Geez, scary... Why people would do that is beyond me,

[Sam]

I hope they call.

I love calls like that.

 

I ask some very funny and inappropriate questions.

 

Actually, it can be fun to hear their reaction or have them hang up.

[Catch 22]

I hope they call.

I love calls like that.

 

I ask some very funny and inappropriate questions.

 

Actually, it can be fun to hear their reaction or have them hang up.

Yes,me too. I had one on the phone for almost 1/2 hr. I was reading   a fishing  article to him ,and kept telling him to "make my day"

 

Often if they ask for someone by name ,I say hold on I`ll get them and lay the phone  where the tv sound can entertain them.

[Fishing Rhino]

Here's a simple, but effective thing to do.

 

If you have a cordless phone, take it to the bathroom.  Hold it at seat level, and flush.  Then hang up.

[Long Mike]

Gawd, I would love to be called by one of those pukes.  I would pretend to be caught red-handed, and then start running them around the block with false credit card and bank info.  I'll bet I could keep them on the phone long enough to get to the nearest FBI building.

[RSM789]

My sister got called by one of these scammers and when she asked for his name & position as identification, he responded (in a thick Middle Eastern accent) "That is none of your business, you wh**e".   Wrong response to the wrong woman, he didn't get a word in edge-wise for the next 20 minutes.

 

Just know that the IRS will NEVER, repeat NEVER contact you via phone.  All IRS correspondence will always be via mail.

 

 

 

**EDIT** - Let me make a clarification for Mr. "Nitpicky without an explanation" down below.  The IRS will never initiate correspondence with you via the phone.  Once you are in the middle of working on a particular situation, phone calls may be made.  However, they will never be the primary way of contact. 

[A-Jay]

 

This works well.

 

Take a deep breath & BLOW !

 

A-Jay

[quanjig]

My sister got called by one of these scammers and when she asked for his name & position as identification, he responded (in a thick Middle Eastern accent) "That is none of your business, you wh**e".   Wrong response to the wrong woman, he didn't get a word in edge-wise for the next 20 minutes.

 

Just know that the IRS will NEVER, repeat NEVER contact you via phone.  All IRS correspondence will always be via mail.

 

 

 

**EDIT** - Let me make a clarification for Mr. "Nitpicky without an explanation" down below.  The IRS will never initiate correspondence with you via the phone.  Once you are in the middle of working on a particular situation, phone calls may be made.  However, they will never be the primary way of contact. 

 

 

Never say never...........signed..........Mr. Nitpicky

[Catch 22]

Gawd, I would love to be called by one of those pukes.  I would pretend to be caught red-handed, and then start running them around the block with false credit card and bank info.  I'll bet I could keep them on the phone long enough to get to the nearest FBI building.

Send me your number,I`ll give it to them