I'm Going To Jail

[HairyChick]

Apparent so, according to voicemail.

"garbled, garbled, calling. This is (unclear) from the Department of Treasury, Division of Owed Taxes. We have a warrant for your arrest and jailing for four counts of avoiding taxes. Call back 202-88x-xxxx to pay fastly and avoid jailing. "

Should I be ascared ?

Seriously, I wonder how many people fall for this. Guy had a slight English accent with the Bombay twang. But gullible, the elderly and uneducated people might think it's legit.

I played it for someone and she thought it was real. I'm planning on having a friend call on Monday to see what "I" owe and who to send it to. Google shows it as a robocall in Washington, DC.

I'm curious how much money they pull in each year ...

[kane]

A while back I got a call from a guy with a heavy Indian accent telling me he was a federal investigator. He went on to say I was about to be arrested because of an investigation into me by the FBI and the Police for a variety of charges including bank fraud and misappropriation of funds. Of course, if I paid him he could make this go away.

I scolded him for a few minutes then told him I was hanging up. As I did he screeched in a very high pitched voice, "If you hang up, you will be arrested!"

I too wonder how many people he has scared into paying him.

[tfto]

These scammers try to target the elderly. They scare them into forking over tons of money they can't afford to give away. My mother got one of these calls. She told the scammer to fuck himself and hung up.

[freecartoonporn]

didnt they got caught last time, they made like millions like this., some guy was operating this from India, it was in news.

[SBJ]

don't drop the soap!

stupid people will always fall for stupid scams.

[onwebcam]

Coincidentally I'm a part time tax debt negotiator. Whatever they tell you you owe send me 20% and I'll get it settled for ya.

[HairyChick]

I'm wondering where they got my phone number from. I rarely give my number out, preferring to use my old, dead business number instead. I missed his first few words so am not sure if he thought he was calling me, the name under this number or a random number in Texas.

If I get an address and name, where do I report it or rather to whom? My congressman, senator, IRS, Dept of Treasury, local newspaper? Anyone can impersonate me with permission to dig deeper. And, yes, I know, there are thousands more of them out there. But shutting down one is better than ignoring it.

I think of my grandmother, smart but not bright. She'd believe it then tell mom after they paid thousands to crooks. No doubt she'd fall for it. Before they died, a roofing scammer said they needed a new roof. Ten year old house. Showed them worn shingles so they went for it. They put down five thousand of ten thousand due but used a credit card as mom told them for large purchases.

Guy showed up, ladder in hand. No staging, no slats to step on, no shingles. Fortunately we went to their town to visit that day. Mom asks for his permit and building license. He left to get it but never returned. I called the credit card company and explained it all. Credit issued but we had to file a police report. This guy had been doing it to the elderly all over the South Shore, up to $30k per house.

They got his picture from a security camera and this was in the 80s when technology sucked. They caught him in RI doing it, over half a million taken, zero recovered. Jail and restitution but he committed suicide.

So many seniors give to "charity" in another country but it's pure bullshit. The families bitch that no one cares to shut down scammers. I say families need to monitor their elders to be sure it doesn't happen. My mom is 83 with three college degrees. Still bright but she's slipped a bit, more so since colon cancer two months ago. I tell her to bring bills not recognized to me. She's smart enough to check her bank investments weekly. Medicare claimed she owed four grand for non-payment of part of a year. She found her canceled check but literally hot sick worrying about it. "The computer made an error" but she learned from me. "Humans put information into a computer. Which human made me so sick I had to pay for meds?"

Supervisor wrote to apologize and claims the human was retrained. Probably was the supervisor.

[dillfly2000]

I periodically get these. Usually an automated voice typed by a non native English speaker. Something along the lines of "You have unpaid taxes and we are going to be arresting you"

Good for a laugh.

Though wondering if there's been a breach because everyone I know are also getting these calls.

[onwebcam]

Originally Posted by dillfly2000

I periodically get these. Usually an automated voice typed by a non native English speaker. Something along the lines of "You have unpaid taxes and we are going to be arresting you"

Good for a laugh.

Though wondering if there's been a breach because everyone I know are also getting these calls.

Everyone and their mother posts their number on facebook, CL etc without the consideration of number scrapers. Since the beginning of time I've always spelled out numbers... Even fools ebay itself. Very rarely get any solicitation and never any scam calls. If a person can't figure out the number is spelled I figure I just saved myself a lot of time dealing with an idiot. The idiots are also easily identifiable when they send me an email asking me for a contact number after reading a sales post or ad with it in it.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns

Apparent so, according to voicemail.

"garbled, garbled, calling. This is (unclear) from the Department of Treasury, Division of Owed Taxes. We have a warrant for your arrest and jailing for four counts of avoiding taxes. Call back 202-88x-xxxx to pay fastly and avoid jailing. "

Should I be ascared ?

Seriously, I wonder how many people fall for this. Guy had a slight English accent with the Bombay twang. But gullible, the elderly and uneducated people might think it's legit.

I played it for someone and she thought it was real. I'm planning on having a friend call on Monday to see what "I" owe and who to send it to. Google shows it as a robocall in Washington, DC.

I'm curious how much money they pull in each year ...

I like it when they say "we will send the cops to your house'

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns

I'm wondering where they got my phone number from.

buy them in bulk from easily hacked web stores.... sometimes I use 818 555 1212

[Busty2]

I have had a few of these calls, mostly guys with Indian accents. I love to wind them up, they get quite hysterical. I'll record the next one and post it here. Should be good for a laugh!

[Rochard]

Information is the key to business now, and for a price everyone is willing to sell your data - Phone number, email, etc. Even if you rarely give your phone number out, it's in some database somewhere, and it was stolen or hacked.

It got the point where I was getting multiple robocalls an hour. I installed the app "Robo Killer" and... All of the calls stopped instantly. It costs a buck or two a month but it works.

[rayadp05]

I've had that bullshit happen to me too. I wonder myself as well ....how many people have fallen for that? It really is sad (as well as pathetic) that someone feels the need to stoop down to be a rotten piece of dog shit like that.

[CurrentlySober]

i cunt a4d2 go to jail...

Shame... I really miss it...

[NatalieMojoHost]

There is a million tricks in the scam book. My friend recently lost her drivers license. She put up an online ad and had calls from people who "found" it and wanted money transferred before it was returned. She ended up seeing through the scam at the very last moment and asking what her birthdate was. When they couldn't answer she realized she was being scammed.

My 83-year-old grandma nearly got caught in one of these too.