Prank Calls

tishkins · ‎01-25-2014

The other day I received a call and the ID said Internal Revenue Service. Now I know they never call. Just out of curiosity, I picked up. It was a recording telling me to call a certain number and give then give the person the claim number quoted by the recording. Has anyone received crazy calls

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

Yes, I receive lots of crazy calls and many times they are my best humor for the day. I rather enjoy playing games with those that make calls for various reasons that ur an important to me and more than likely not that important to them. I have had decades of practice and carrying on a conversation with people that I know just irritates the heck out of them and they don't know any way to get around it other than walking out or in the case of a telephone, hanging up.

hckynut(john)

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Yes, we could play innocent/naïve, go along with it, take up tons of their time........... ${#emotions_dlg.rolleyes}$ . Might be fun, for a change!

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

Yes, I received a call from Publisher's Clearing House in November. They gave me a claim number and told me to call a number to claim my prize, verify my address, etc.

Hung up-googled the number they gave me. It was for Publisher's Clearing House. ${#emotions_dlg.w00t}$ YIPPEE!!!

Called the number, gave my claim number and they 'gave me instructions' on how to prepare (PAY!) for the 'Fed Ex driver' to make the delivery of my big check.

What no van? No bouquet of roses?

I told them I was recording the call and I was disconnected immediately.

DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

Yes ...I get calls from my own home number and that scam had me puzzled till I googled it and found it was common.

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/14/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
Yes, we could play innocent/naïve, go along with it, take up tons of their time........... ${#emotions_dlg.rolleyes}$ . Might be fun, for a change!

I have done that sometimes. It is a cheap entertainment.

"Is this Peggy???" I say

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I don't think they are prank calls, so I'd be careful. It seems to me that that sort of thing is a phishing type call, trying to get info to steal your identity or get into your credit card or bank account.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

I had one strange phone call that was supposedly coming from a jail, and was some type of collect call from someone named Jed or Jeb.

I couldn't really tell that well. It was left on our answering machine at the time. It was one of those strange phone numbers that was all zeroes, like 000-000-0000. This person called a few times, and then the phone calls stopped altogether.

Supposedly how this scam works, is that it is supposed to be some kind of call forwarding scam where the person on the other end can use your phone account to make phone calls, at no cost to them. So, you shouldn't accept the calls, or even answer them. They may or may not even be an inmate calling you, either.

kdgn · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/14/2015 chickenbutt said:
I don't think they are prank calls, so I'd be careful. It seems to me that that sort of thing is a phishing type call, trying to get info to steal your identity or get into your credit card or bank account.

They aren't what I would call prank calls, they are scamming, fraudulent calls. The IRS one alone has earned these impersonators $15 million from the unsuspecting.

The IRS will NOT call.