2014 IRS Phone Call Scam

[DREDIOCK]

You guys do it all wrong.

Some years back one of the newspapers kept calling weekly to try and get us to subscribe. No matter how many times we told them we didnt want the paper they just kept calling. The last time they called I answered and a woman was on the phone.
She started the usualy chatter till finally I broke in and the rest went like this.

Me: "Wait a second. I just have to tell you that you have a really really nice voice"
Her: "Well thank you very much"
Me: in a shaky glutteral voice "Tell me. Do you have large breasts?"

Silence.. then..click

Never called again.

I've done similar things to guys as well but the contents would be a rule violation here I am sure

[Karnak]

The IRS has people so scared in this country that many will freak and call back out of real fear of the IRS ruining their lives. This criminal group is leveraging the very real fear of the IRS we all have.

Disagree with this line.  I work for a company who's product is pretty much the antithesis of fear and we have a significant problem with scams like this.  I've personally dealt with people who lost well over $15,000 to them.  Whenever there is a lot of money changing hands you will get people like this.  They keep doing it because a small percentage of people are incautious and fall for it.

[Vulcan]

You guys do it all wrong.

Some years back one of the newspapers kept calling weekly to try and get us to subscribe. No matter how many times we told them we didnt want the paper they just kept calling. The last time they called I answered and a woman was on the phone.
She started the usualy chatter till finally I broke in and the rest went like this.

Me: "Wait a second. I just have to tell you that you have a really really nice voice"
Her: "Well thank you very much"
Me: in a shaky glutteral voice "Tell me. Do you have large breasts?"

Silence.. then..click

Never called again.

I've done similar things to guys as well but the contents would be a rule violation here I am sure

Have done that with the female "microsoft" callers, ends up with some guy grabbing the phone and screaming at me, and me giggling like a kid in a candy store.

[Hajo]

Caller Id a godsend.  If I don't recognize name or number....I don't answer.  And I save the numbers for reporting purposes.

I'm on the do not call list.....which doesn't work.

[68valu]

I got a call from Microsoft today telling me that my computer has problems. I said to him "I don't think so" and hung up the phone.

When ever I get these calls, I play ignorant for as long as I can keep the troll interested and then tell him that I run only Linux.


                                                                                                       68valu

[Changeup]

Tell them:

1.  You work for the IRS
2.  You work for Microsoft
3.  You work for the CIA
4.  You work for Liberals in Action
5.  You work for NSA
6.  You work for DIA
7.  You work for FBI

Then, ask them how they got that phone number and all calls are recorded.  You will never get a phone call again. 

[Vulcan]

Tell them:

1.  You work for the IRS
2.  You work for Microsoft
3.  You work for the CIA
4.  You work for Liberals in Action
5.  You work for NSA
6.  You work for DIA
7.  You work for FBI

Then, ask them how they got that phone number and all calls are recorded.  You will never get a phone call again. 

They don't really care tbh. Their calls are typically being routed via comprimised SIP base phone systems.