beware: I just got a phone call (which I did not answer) from thr "IRS" saying that I was being sued by the IRS. Do not even pick up the phone with this message. IT Is A Scam. The IRS...

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

I just got a phone call (which I did not answer) from thr "IRS" saying that I was being sued by the IRS. Do not even pick up the phone with this message. IT Is A Scam. The IRS does not call by phone. I know that this scam has been around for some time. BEWARE

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

Yeah, I think I got at least 6 of those calls in the past week. Always a recorded message, with bad grammar to boot.

My neighbor is a former IRS agent. The IRS works in person or by mail, the only time you'll get a phone call from them is when you have an established relationship with an IRS agent.

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

mikenolan wrote:

Yeah, I think I got at least 6 of those calls in the past week. Always a recorded message, with bad grammar to boot.

My neighbor is a former IRS agent. The IRS works in person or by mail, the only time you'll get a phone call from them is when you have an established relationship with an IRS agent.

I think I also got 6 calls this week from 'cardholder support', too.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

There's scammers using random dialers and this time you were the random pick. I know several folks that have gotten the same bogus phone call. We've even gotten them at work. If you have caller Id then you know it's a scam call but for those who don't or who just answer, answering the phone is benign, as soon as you hear them identify themselves as the IRS, hang up. They can't download anything into your phone. Everyone should know, the IRS never calls you on the phone and for those who don't know that, it's true, the IRS does not call you on the phone. The only time your caller Id should identify a caller as the IRS is if someone you know who works at the IRS is calling you from work, and even that's unlikely.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

boberic wrote:

I just got a phone call (which I did not answer) from thr "IRS" saying that I was being sued by the IRS. Do not even pick up the phone with this message. IT Is A Scam. The IRS does not call by phone. I know that this scam has been around for some time. BEWARE

Here is where to report it: http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

JohnSwanda wrote:

Here is where to report it: http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml

Well I have a long list of false names, ID numbers, address, and so on for the next one I get.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

mikenolan wrote:

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The IRS works in person or by mail, the only time you'll get a phone call from them is when you have an established relationship with an IRS agent.

Never an email either!

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

The phone experts advise just hanging up, trying to waste their time is a waste of your time.

I have ZERO faith in the government being able to control this!

bettis1 Loc: Texas

Sometimes it is fun to play with their minds a little. If you know that a live individual is going to be on the line just answer in a husky, breathless voice before they can say anything: "Okay...it's done!...But there's blood everywhere!...I'll meet you at number 3" and hang up the phone.

tramsey Loc: Texas

When I get a call like this I tell them; "Hold on just a minute. My wife takes care of this. I'll go get her." I put the phone down and forget it.

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

A lot of recorded calls now ask innocuous questions at the start, just like a real caller might. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a human caller and an automated one. I tend to give non sequitor answers, if they ask "How are you today?" I might answer "Green 29".

I also try to throw human callers off their script, by saying something like "Can you get to the point please?"

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

I always welcome the IRS calls...I just keeping hoping it's Publisher's Clearing House with my $7,000 a week for life prize!! (Still haven't gotten my checks from that Saudi Prince, but know it's gotta be comin' soon!)

dljen Loc: Central PA

mikenolan wrote:

I think I also got 6 calls this week from 'cardholder support', too.

Me too and they call from all over the US...

Earworms Loc: Sacramento, California

HEART wrote:

I always welcome the IRS calls...I just keeping hoping it's Publisher's Clearing House with my $7,000 a week for life prize!! (Still haven't gotten my checks from that Saudi Prince, but know it's gotta be comin' soon!)

LOL