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shoekitty
Posts: 14,735
Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Re: Phone number scam?

‎09-23-2014 01:39 AM

I haven't had this one , but I have received a ton of telemarketing calls as of late, and I am on the Do Not Call Registry.

BTW, has anyone had calls that claim to be from the IRS.?

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NYC Susan
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Registered: ‎03-13-2010

Re: Phone number scam?

‎09-23-2014 01:44 AM

On 9/22/2014 shoekitty said:

I haven't had this one , but I have received a ton of telemarketing calls as of late, and I am on the Do Not Call Registry.

BTW, has anyone had calls that claim to be from the IRS.?

Yes, and I did a search of the number online. It's apparently a pretty common scam.

The IRS would never contact us that way, so it's always 100% okay to ignore such calls. But of course people become afraid, and that's what they're counting on. I read stories about people sending money because they thought they were dealing with the real IRS. Disgraceful!

I'm on the Do Not Call Registry too, and I often report numbers that call me, but I'm not sure it does much good because lots of these telemarketers consistently change their phone numbers.

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Kachina624
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Re: Phone number scam?

‎09-23-2014 07:53 PM

I've had calls with my number in the caller ID years ago. They seem to be doing it more now.
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