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(52,102 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2015, 07:04 PM Mar 2015

If you get a call from the IRS, just HANG UP! [View all]

A story on CBS This Morning

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dangerous-irs-phone-scam-unfolding-on-your-phone/

Basically, the IRS does not call and does not send emails. The IRS sends letters with reference to which one should refer when contacting back.

The caller ID has the 202 area code - for D.C. but it comes from overseas.

Hang up! You will be called again, hang up!

And, of course, when the "IRS" leaves a message, do not call back!

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If you get a call from the IRS, just HANG UP! [View all] question everything Mar 2015 OP

Seen this one Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #1

Because having the worst criminal scum terrorizing our elders every day is not a priority. johnnyreb Mar 2015 #3

You are assuming that it is not perpetrated by the National Security State. Downwinder Mar 2015 #8

The same way that haven't been able to stop people from stealing tax refunds? DebJ Mar 2015 #23

Absolutely Still Sensible Mar 2015 #2

I got one of these calls on my voicemail KinMd Mar 2015 #4

... Bryce Butler Mar 2015 #5

How do you do? My name is Franciso Van Thundergrass. I need your help. BlueJazz Mar 2015 #6

I've been getting these every night for the past week. Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #7

Especially when they want you to go to the drugstore RIGHT NOW to get a prepaid debit card Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #9

The IRS does not have the funding to make calls like that. LiberalFighter Mar 2015 #10

I got that call this morning. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #11

yes. irs doesnt call. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #12

Them and the Microsoft guys. But I shouldn't play with them? hunter Mar 2015 #13

You mean, the one who wants to fix the "windows?" question everything Mar 2015 #14

I tell them my windows are dirty. hunter Mar 2015 #19

I have a friend who got scammed by the "microsoft" techs--it took months to get things niyad Mar 2015 #22

Scammers never rest Generic Brad Mar 2015 #15

We got that call several weeks ago.. Grammy23 Mar 2015 #16

Yeah this made the paper here... cwydro Mar 2015 #17

They are not stupid. Many believe that a call from the "government" question everything Mar 2015 #18

I will change "stupid" to gullible. cwydro Mar 2015 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author cwydro Mar 2015 #21

Be wary of calls saying you're getting refund! lesliefaust Mar 2015 #24