Scam phone calls?

[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

[brett 75]

You mean all the money my accountant sent to the IRS last year was a scam!🙃
We keep getting them on our answering machine once a week claiming to be IRS please call imediately . I'm never home to answer it but would love to drag them through the ringer if I get a chance. And yes I do pay my taxes ! Brett

[RichardSimon]

I got two new calls today.
One on my landline saying my car was out of warranty now.
I pressed the appropriate number to talk to a human and did a foreign man voice and she hung up quickly.
Other call was on my cell, telling me that my business qualifies for a $250,000 loan. Did the usual thing and she hung up quickly too.
Geez,,, it seems like it will never stop so might as well have fun with it .