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Valued Contributor
Posts: 569
Registered: ‎08-26-2012

Be careful all, the IRS scam calls r going strong. Don't fall for their threats! The IRS does not call. The calls come in from #'s all over the U.S. They troll ur home and cell phones. They especially go after the elderly so warn ur parents and grandparents and elderly neighbors or friends please.

Esteemed Contributor
Posts: 7,462
Registered: ‎03-13-2010

YEP, IRS never calls.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 39,177
Registered: ‎08-19-2010

LOL Nope

Honored Contributor
Posts: 11,674
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

I hear you!  I go to a Senior Fit exercise class most mornings  And this week, two of the ladies reported that they had received the IRS call.  Fortunately, both were astute enough not to bite.

Respected Contributor
Posts: 4,450
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Yeah, real scumbags, aren't they?  If I don't know who's calling, I just don't answer.  Legitimate callers will leave a message.  Love my Caller ID & nomorobo!

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Posts: 5,345
Registered: ‎01-09-2011

We got one recently! It isn't too hard to tell that it's a scam. The woman on the taped message wishes you "good luck with your lawsuit should you not respond to this message"!

 

We had a great laugh over it!

"Cats are poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral." -Garfield
Honored Contributor
Posts: 11,085
Registered: ‎10-01-2013

I wish something could be done to stop all of these scams. We sent a man to the moon, but the government can't deal with this problem.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 16,207
Registered: ‎03-11-2010

@Jacie wrote:

We got one recently! It isn't too hard to tell that it's a scam. The woman on the taped message wishes you "good luck with your lawsuit should you not respond to this message"!

 

We had a great laugh over it!


 

It's funny but it's not funny. There are actually people out there that fall for these scams.

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Registered: ‎03-18-2015

It's that time of year again.

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Honored Contributor
Posts: 32,629
Registered: ‎05-10-2010

The elderly people I know aren't that clueless and unsophisticaed.  They know IRS never calls anyone, ditto for SSA and banks.