Scam phone calls?

[brookdodger55]

I get 3-4 calls a day from the irs, it used to be a live person, know it's a recording. The weird thing is that the call comes from the state and city that all of New Yorkers sent their tax form if they are do a refund

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

I get 3-4 calls a day from the irs, it used to be a live person, know it's a recording. The weird thing is that the call comes from the state and city that all of New Yorkers sent their tax form if they are do a refund

The number you see in your caller ID is a fake. These scum know how to make a fake phone number appear in your caller ID. I have tried calling back the number and always get a phone co. message saying the number is not good.

[irv]

This is hilarious! Maybe it'll give someone the idea to use it or something similar when dealing with one these scammers/telemarketers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s898wpcgcJM

[RichardSimon]

The IRS called today on my landline!
A recorded message said the IRS was suing me and I should call 978 xxx xxxx.
That was the number that my caller ID showed was calling me. I called the number on my cell and used a foreign accent. I told the lady who answered that my name was Herman Berkowitzsteinberg. She asked me to spell it . Then she read it back to me phonetically . She put me on hold and then her supervisor (?) got on the phone but my battery died .

[steve B]

Well, they're brighter than the average scammer.

978 is the area code I'm in, and the IRS does have an office a few miles away in Andover. Their phone number is pretty easy to find if you want to check it.

Steve B

[RichardSimon]

There is a Treasury Dept website to report the IRS scam which I have done.
And Steve, the IRS phone number in Andover is an 800 number.

[steve B]

They have a 978 number as well. Of course it's probably pretty easy for a scammer to fake ID from a number that's one off or similar, and have that number as theirs or one to forward from to wherever they really are.

I just thought that them getting the area code sort of correct (I don't think Andover handles NY, but could be wrong. ) is a bit better than most scammers manage.

Steve B